Earlier, this pharaoh was unknown to the archaeologists and he baffled their knowledge of Ancient Egyptian history. Now his existence brings clarity to them.

King Woseribre Senebkay’s bones, from the lost Abydos dynasty, were uncovered by an archaeological team from the University of Pennsylvania that had been preserved for 3,600 years, writes TheTelegraph.

Josef Wagner was a part of the archaeological team that unearthed the pharaoh’s tomb and their findings confirmed an older theory.

According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, curator Josef Wagner and his team were uncertain who this pharaoh was and based on the inscriptions in the tomb and the theory of an unknown dynasty proposed by Egyptologist Kim Ryholt in 1997, the confirmation of his name and lineage were connected.

History is like a puzzle and archaeologists dig and research different pieces to see the full picture of the past. The discovery is both exciting and educational, because it connects a theory almost 20 years old and an actual skeleton together. This is large proof that our perspective of history can always change due to new information and that the past is not lost or forgotten, but rather not uncovered yet.

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