اليوم السابع | بالصور.. اكتشاف مقبرة أثرية ترجع للأسرة الثامنة عشر بالأقصر
"Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Antiquities announced today a
new discovery in Luxor. The discovery is a tomb of an high official
called "Maai" from the 18th Dynasty, it was discovered by the
Spanish-Italian mission working in Sheikh Abd Qurna on the
West Bank. The team found a funerary cone made of pottery shows
the titles of the deceased including, The Secret Keeper of the God,
the Supervisor of the cattle, Overseer of the fields, Overseer of the
King's horses, the Mayor, Distinguished of Osiris and the Prince.
The tomb was discovered during the mission's work in tomb TT109
where they made a hole in one of the walls which led to get to the
newly discovered tomb. The team is still working on removing the
debris from the tomb. The inscriptions and scenes found so far are
important in terms of showing the details of the daily life of the
deceased beside his relation with his family. It also shows the
luxury were available to high officials at that time. Abd El Hakim
Karar, director of Upper Egypt Antiquities said " The scenes in
the tomb include one of "Maai" and his wife who called "Nefert"
as well as scenes of banquets, hunting and making offerings.
Dr. Mila Alvarez Sosa, the head of the mission said " I am happy
with this discovery especially it is her first season of the concession
in this site." She added that there were different expertise cooperated
in the excavation between the Egyptian and Foreign archaeologists
of different specialties."
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