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In November 2024, a team of Egyptian and American archaeologists announced the finding of 11 sealed burials in a Middle Kingdom tomb near Luxor, close to the latest site. Inside that tomb, the 11 ...
It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum, one that has all of ancient Egyptian history on display" with kings and noblemen from c.3040–2686 BC being buried in the cemeteries.
An excavation within an elaborate ancient cemetery has revealed 63 tombs from ... The uncovered artifacts provide “a great deal of information” about the later periods of Egyptian history ...
The tombs in the cemetery were built of mud bricks over the remains of Queen Hatshepsut’s temple. A large part of the necropolis was unearthed earlier in the 20th century but wasn’t properly documented. In November, Egyptian and American archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near Luxor. The tomb, which dates to the ...
Tomb of 'Ip; Tomb of Akhethetep; Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra; Tomb of Hetepheres I; Tomb of Hetpet; Tomb of Horemheb in Saqqara; Tomb of Perneb; Tomb of Ptahmes; Tomb of Thutmose; Tomb of Two Brothers; Tuna el-Gebel
The decree helped to protect monuments and curb the smuggling of ancient Egyptian artifacts. [126] The Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities (officially called the "Antiquities Authority") is the Egyptian government organization which serves to protect and preserve the heritage and ancient history of Egypt. It was established in 1858.
The tombs date to the late period, the last era of native-born ancient Egyptian rulers, which lasted from 664 to until the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 B.C., officials said.
Example of a mastaba, the Mastabat al-Fir'aun of Shepseskaf. A mastaba (/ ˈ m æ s t ə b ə / MASS-tə-bə, [1] / ˈ m ɑː s t ɑː b ɑː / MAHSS-tah-bah or / m ɑː ˈ s t ɑː b ɑː / mahss-TAH-bah), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks or limestone.