ONE OF A KIND TOMB DISCOVERED

30 Aug ONE OF A KIND TOMB DISCOVERED

On December 2018, Egypt Unearthed one of a kind Royal tomb for a priest and his family from 4,400 years ago. The well-preserved tomb was discovered in Saqqara, the largest ancient Necropolis of the Pharaonic Old Kingdom located south of current Cairo.

The tomb had remained untouched, Its near-perfect condition makes it “one of a kind in the last decade,” Mr. Waziri said.
The tomb has been under excavation since November 2018. The walls are decorated with colorful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs, while sculptures of the buried priest and his family were placed in the tomb. In all, there were 45 statues in the grave.

Egypt has had no shortage of archaeological discoveries lately: Among other finds, a 2,000-year-old, perfectly sealed sarcophagus was unearthed in July; the tomb of a prominent priestess was found in February, and the grave of a royal goldsmith was discovered last September in the West Bank of Luxor in South Egypt.