Egypt discovered many ancient tombs of the Pharaoh era

A group of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed two tombs dating back to 3,100 years ago at the Sakkara archaeological site, located about 25km south of the Pyramids of Giza.

>>>Discovering large tombs in ancient cemetery in Egypt

Egyptian Minister of Art Mohamed Ibrahim said the two tombs of Paser - the archives of the military archives and the envoy of the 20th dynasty during the New Kingdom (1189-1077, BC) ), and Ptahmes - the military leader and custodian of the royal treasury under the Pharaohs and Seti I and Ramses II.

According to Ibrahim, the discovery of two ancient tombs of limestone and bricks is very important. Their layout and interior design helps to understand more about the tombs of the New Kingdom era (1580-1080 BC).

Until now, the ancient tombs discovered in Egypt have only 2 architectural styles, including the quadrangular open-plan structure with flat roof and stone structure. However, these two tombs have a temple-shaped architecture with a pyramid shape.

Photo: worldreviewer.com

The new finding shows the political relationship between Egypt and the Far East countries at that time, as well as the importance of Sakkara, the Pharaoh's burial site is located near the ancient capital of Memphis under the Ancient Kingdom. nation (2,815-2,400 years BC).

Accordingly, although the capital was transferred to Luxor in Upper Egypt, Memphis remained the administrative capital and important military center under the New Kingdom.

The restoration of the above 2 tombs and the burial area at Sakkara will help attract tourists to this place to explore the tombs of the Ancient Kingdom as well as the tombs of the New Kingdom era with the shape and The architecture is different from the Pharaoh tombs in Luxor.

Archaeological team leader Ola El-Egezy said that the two tombs began to be excavated in 2012. However, archaeologists had previously known about the tomb of Ptahmes through photographs and private works. Ancient material.

In 1830, a French explorer once took pictures of hunting scenes in this tomb area. Since then, a part of the tomb is buried in the sand but most of the artifacts have been looted.

Some artifacts of this mausoleum are currently on display at museums in the Netherlands, the US and Germany as well as the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

According to the head of the ancient antiquities department of Ali El-Asfar Antiquities Ministry, although the construction of these two tombs is still incomplete, they are very special with decorative motifs and engraved scenes Very well preserved.

It is expected that these two ancient tombs will soon be restored and open to visitors from October.