“Ancient Flowers Found in Egypt Coffin” Was the title of an article I read years ago in National Geographic;
A 3,000-year-old coffin, which archaeologists had hoped would contain the famous boy king Tutankhamun's mother, coffin contained strips of fabric and woven laurels of delicate dehydrated flowers.
"I prayed to find a mummy, but when I saw this, I said it's better—it's really beautiful," said Nadia Lokma, the chief curator of Cairo's Egyptian Museum.
The flowers are the remains of garlands strung with gold strips that were worn by ancient Egyptian royalty. In ancient Egypt garlands were worn by loved ones of the deceased and also left at their tomb, just as many people leave flowers at a cemetery today.
John Roach for National Geographic News - June 29, 2006
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Flowers have always been a way to show gratitude, love or appreciation.
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