Egypt discovers five pharaonic tombs in Saqqara

Egypt discovered five tombs “in good condition and erected for high officials” in the necropolis of Memphis, in Saqqara, the capital of the Old Kingdom of the pharaohs.

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Located just over fifteen kilometers south of the famous pyramids of the Giza Plateau, this place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is known for the famous stepped pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser, the first of the pharaonic era.

The monument, built around the year 2,700 BC, by the architect Imhotep, is considered one of the oldest on the planet’s surface.

The five tombs were discovered by Egyptian archaeologists northeast of the pyramid of King Merenre I, who ruled Egypt around 2270 BC.

According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the tombs contained the remains of high-ranking officials.

In the vault of one of them, called Iry, the excavations brought to light a limestone sarcophagus and colorful decorations representing funerary scenes, including “offering tables, the seven oil paintings and the facade of a palace,” he said in a release.

Of the other three tombs, two six meters deep, they belonged to two women, one of whom was “the only person in charge of beautifying the king”, and to the priest Pepi Nefhany.

And the last one, dedicated to “Henu, butler of the royal house”, sinks seven meters deep, according to the same source.

In January 2021, Egypt had revealed new archaeological “treasures” in the Saqqara necropolis, including some fifty sarcophagi from the New Kingdom over 3,000 years old, ensuring that they allowed “rewriting history” of this period.

The Egyptian authorities hope to inaugurate the “Grand Egyptian Museum” near the Giza plateau in the coming months and are counting on these new discoveries to revive tourism, hard hit by the covid-19 pandemic.

This sector, which employs two million people and generates more than 10% of GDP, has been at half mast since the Arab Spring of 2011.

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Source: Elcomercio

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