14/04/2019
Stunning pictures show inside of 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb still bursting with color
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany on Saturday toured Saqqara necropolis with a group of 52 foreign ambassadors and cultural attachés, to inspect a newly discovered tomb of a dignitary from the reign of king Djedkare.
Well-known Egyptian actress Yosra was also on the tour, which she described as “thrilling.”
In a major archaeological discovery, Egypt on Saturday unveiled the tomb of a Fifth Dynasty official adorned with colourful reliefs and well preserved inscriptions.
The tomb, near Saqqara, a vast necropolis south of Cairo, belonged to a senior official named Khuwy who is believed to have been a nobleman during the Fifth Dynasty, which ruled over Egypt about 4,300 years ago
“The L-shaped Khuwy tomb starts with a small corridor heading downwards into an antechamber and from there a larger chamber with painted reliefs depicting the tomb owner seated at an offerings table,” said Mohamed Megahed, the excavation team’s head, in an antiquities ministry statement.
It is mostly made of white limestone bricks.
Ornate paintings boast a special green resin throughout and oils used in the burial process, the ministry said.
The tomb’s north wall indicates that its design was inspired by the architectural blueprint of the dynasty’s royal pyramids, the statement added.
During the tour on Saturday, El-Enany announced that Egypt will celebrate World Heritage Day next Thursday via the announcement of two new discoveries in Luxor and the completion of the restoration of a colossus of Ramses II colossus at the first pylon of Luxor Temple
Photos by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
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