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Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) (Arabic: بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt , the area between Asyut and Memphis .
Exterior of the Tomb BH3. Khnumhotep II is buried in Beni Hasan in the rock-cut Tomb 3 (BH3), one of the most notable of the whole necropolis. In ancient times, the tomb would have been approached via a path that was distinguishable by dark brown boulders on either side; the path extended from the open outer court down the hill to the edge of the cultivated land.
His tomb (no. 14) at Beni Hasan consists of a single rock cut offering chapel with two columns. The columns are gone by now. The walls of the chapel are painted although the paintings are today heavily faded. Within the chapel there are two shafts leading down to burial chambers, only one of them was finished. [8]
The latter's tomb and those of Khety share the same plan and are close to each other. [2] His tomb chapel is cut into the rock and consists of one room with six columns, also cut into the rocks. [3] The tomb decoration is painted and shows Khety hunting in the marshes, workmen and farmers, wrestlers, but also a siege of a fortress. [4]
Most of the history of this nome in the Middle Kingdom comes from the rock-cut tombs of its nomarchs, which were buried at Beni Hasan. [1] Like many other nomes, the Oryx nome rose to prominence during the First Intermediate Period, an epoch that witnessed the decline of royal power and the increase of the local governors' influence.
The chapel's main room is richly painted with scenes of wrestling and of siege of a fortress, two themes commonly found within Beni Hasan tombs. Other scenes in Amenemhat's tomb consists in the so-called, ritual "Journey to Abydos", as well as many artisans and farmers at work and a hunting in the desert. On the south wall, Amenemhet himself ...
The third ancient tomb, however, was well-preserved and relatively untouched, the institute said. A photo shows this tomb, known as M3. A view into the 1,800-year-old tomb M3.
The model was found in the tomb of Keka and Hetep-bu (tomb number 886) during the 1902–04 excavations at Beni Hasan led by the archaeologist John Garstang, of the University of Liverpool, with local Egyptian workmen led by chief foreman Saleh abd El Nebi, of Awidat. Keka, a steward, and Hetep-bu laid to rest in a rock-cut tomb inside which ...