Pharaoh's tomb was discovered. “His name was in inscriptions”

Tomb found Seven meters underground in the Egyptian necropolis of Anubis Mountain. The discovery was confirmed by local archaeologists and the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

The burial chamber belonged to 1 of the Pharaohs not yet identified ruling the area during the turbulent Second Transitional Period (about 3.6 1000 years ago). It was. a period of large tensionAfter which the fresh state was yet born.

Abydos. They found the grave of 1 of the unidentified pharaohs

Discovered in January in Abydos About 10 km from the Nile River, but only now has this been made public. As Reuters wrote, the chamber was empty, and the grave was previously plundered.

– His (faraona – ed.) name was in inscriptions, but the plundering of ancient tomb robberies did not last – he passed Josef Wegner from the University of Pennsylvania.

Wegner pointed out that the grave might belong to the Pharaohs Paentjeni either Senaiibawhose resting places have not yet been found, but there is not adequate evidence.

The tomb chamber discovered in January contains a number of rooms topped with five-foot brick vaults. Moreover, it was inside a larger complex dedicated to Pharaoh named Neferhotep I.

– It seems to be the largest and earliest tomb in the Abydos dynasty group. There may be others. in the same area next to Neferhotep I's tomb," said Josef Wegner.

Egypt, they found the tomb of Totmes II. There's a Ministry message.

Wegner's squad in 2014 discovered another Egyptian ruler's grave named Seneb-Kaywho was most likely the predecessor of an unidentified pharaoh.

The next fewer years could bring further breakthroughs. – Works in royal cemeteries are slow and painful, so you gotta wait a bit for the effects – said the archaeologist.

In February, the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt announced another discovery. An Egyptian-British archeologist squad identified an ancient tomb at the time near Luxor as the tomb of Pharaoh of the fresh State Totmesa II.

Source: Reuters