The tomb was found seven meters underground in the Egyptian necropolis Anubis Mountain. The discovery was confirmed by local archaeologists and the Pennsylvania University Museum.
The grave chamber belonged to one of unidentified pharaohs the rulers of this area during a turbulent second transition period (about 3.6 thousand years ago). It was A period of great tensionsafter which a new state was finally born.
Bydos. They found the grave of one of the unidentified pharaohs
The discovery was made in January w Abydos About 10 km from the Nil River, but only now it was made public. As Reuters wrote, the chamber was empty, a The grave was previously plundered.
– His (Pharaoh – ed.) Name was in the inscriptionsbut did not survive the plunder of the ancient robbers of tombs – he said Josef Wegner from the University of Pennsylvania.
Wegner pointed out that the grave may belong to the pharaohs Paentjeni or Senaiibawhose resting places have not been found so far, but there is not enough evidence.
The grave chamber discovered in January contained a number of rooms topped with five -meter dried brick vaults. What's more, it was inside a larger complex dedicated to a pharaoh named Neferhotep I.
– It seems that this is the largest and earliest tomb from the BDOS dynasty group. They may be different In the same area next to the tomb of Neferhotep I – said Josef Wegner.
Egypt. They found Totmes II tomb. There is a message of the ministry
The Wegner team in 2014 discovered the grave of another Egyptian ruler named Seneb-Kaywhich was probably the predecessor of the unidentified Pharaoh.
The following years can bring more breakthroughs. – works at royal cemeteries are slow and tediousSo you have to wait a bit for the effects – said the archaeologist.
In February, the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt announced a different discovery. The Egyptian-British team of archaeologists identified an ancient tomb at that time near Luxor as the grave of the New State Pharaoh Totmesa II.