#Discovery #Saqqara #tomb #fifth #Dynasty the royal purification priest
dr. Mostafa Waziri General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
Part II pic.twitter.com/206psa0vy3— Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) December 16, 2018
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A ‘one of a kind’, untouched for 4,400 years tomb of a royal purification priest, has been discovered in the Saqqara pyramid complex in the south of Cairo, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities.
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said the tomb belonged to a priest known as “Wahtye” from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs.
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Photos by Ahmed Romeih pic.twitter.com/Yx0Z1PvdwP— Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) December 15, 2018
Al-Anani said in a statement that inscriptions suggested the priest had served during the reign of King Nefer-Ir-Ka-Re and was the king’s supervisor and inspector of the holy boat.
The tomb was about 10 meters (33 feet) long and 3 meters (10 feet) wide, with a basement.
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— Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) December 15, 2018
Al-Anani said the tomb’s walls were filled with colorful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs. Decorative scenes show the owner, a royal priest named Wahtye, with his mother, wife, and family.
Some 50 niches inside the bomb also contained colored statues carved in rock, including of a person standing or in the scribe position,
#mew #discovery #Saqqara archaeological site #royal purification #Priest #archaeology #Old #Kingdom #Egypt pic.twitter.com/Ob2xJRF6D1
— Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) December 15, 2018
Mostafa Waziri, head of the excavation mission, said his team had reached the tomb in November but that it had taken time to enter the sealed doors. The team has found drawings of the manufacture of funeral furniture, wine, pottery making, hunting, sailing, and musical events. Waziri said the tomb also contained five burial shafts, which will be the subject of further excavations
Today archaeologists start excavating the tomb to find more discoveries including the prist’s sarcophagus.
New #Discovery #Saqqara #Egypt #Egyptology priest of royal purification pic.twitter.com/7qXGDtAXSo
— Ministry of Antiquities-Arab Republic of Egypt (@AntiquitiesOf) December 15, 2018
