Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber for an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos, dating to approx. 3,600 years ago in a chaotic period in Egypt’s history.
The discovery of the grave seven meters (23 feet) underground by the old Necropolis of Anubis Mountain was announced by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Egyptian archaeologists. It marked the second discovery announced this year by a grave by an ancient Egyptian king.
The funeral chamber, discovered in January in ABYDOS, an important city in ancient Egypt, located approx. 10 km (6 miles) from the Nile was just – apparently a long time ago looted by the robes. The king’s name, once buried inside, was originally recorded in hieroglyphic lyrics on the plastered masonry at the chamber’s entrance along with painted scenes showing sister goddesses Isis and Nephthys.
“His name was in the inscriptions, but does not survive the depredations of ancient grave robbers. Some candidates include kings named Senaiib and Paentjeni, whom we know from monuments on ABYDOS – they ruled in this era – but whose graves have not been found,” University of Pennsylvania Egyptian Archeology Professor Josephe Wegner, one of the leaders of the leaders of the leaders of the leaders of the practices of the practices of the practitioners,
In addition to the decorated entry care, the burial chamber contained a number of other rooms closed by five meters (16-foot) high vaults designed from Mudbrick.
The tomb derives from a time known as the second intermediate period that ran from 1640 BC. to 1540 BC And broke the middle kingdom and New Kingdom -Poker as Egyptian Pharaohs were among the most powerful figures in the region.
“The political history of the era is fascinating and not fully understood, a kind of ‘belligerent states’ period that ultimately gave birth to Egypt’s new kingdom,” said Wegner, curator of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian section.
Among these was the abydos dynasty, which was a number of kings that ruled part of Upper Egypt – the southern part of the Egyptian world.
“Egypt was fragmented with as many as four rival kingdoms, including Hyksos in the Nile Delta,” Wegner said. “ABYDOS dynasty was one of these. How it broke apart and then reunited includes important questions about social, political and technological change.”
The grave of the unidentified king is built inside the larger grave complex of a former and powerful pharaoh named Neferhotep I. Its architecture shows connections with former middle kingdom and later other intermediate period royal graves, Wegner said.
“It seems to be the largest and earliest of ABYDOS DYNASTY Group. There may be others in this same area next to the NEFERHOTEP in the grave,” Wegner said.
Wegner’s team previously revealed the grave to another ABYDOS dynasty ruler named Seneb-Kay in 2014.
“The new king’s grave is probably a predecessor for tendon-kay. There are others in the area. Working in royal cemeteries is slow and careful, so it takes a while for results,” Wegner said.
The excavations are ongoing.
The second intermediate period began almost a millennium after the construction of the ruting Giza pyramids outside Cairo, which held the tombs of certain old kingdom of Pharaoh. Many New Kingdom Pharahs were buried in Kings Valley near Luxor, including Tutankhamun – popularly known as King Tut – whose 14th century BC. Tomb and its full content were found in 1922.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiques announced on February 18 that a joint Egyptian-British archaeological team had identified an old tomb near Luxor dating to the 15th century BC. Like that of New Kingdom Pharaoh Thutmose II.
