Thursday, July 8, 2010

Egypt: Discovery of 4,300-year-old tombs

Egyptian work at the site where the two rock-hewn ...
Work at the site where two rock-hewn painted Old Kingdom tombs were discovered, 66 feet underground, Saqqara necropolis, 12 miles south of Cairo (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

SAQQARA, Egypt – Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start of uncovering a vast cemetery in the area. The tomb includes two false doors with colorful paintings depicting the two people buried there, a father and a son who served as heads of the royal scribes, said Abdel-Hakim Karar, a top archaeologist. "The colors of the false door are fresh as if it was painted yesterday," Karar told reporters. More>>

The false door of the unearthed tomb of Shendwas, father of Khonsu who both served as heads of the royal scribes during the Old Kingdom, is decorated
Close up of freshly painted tomb doors -- after 4,300 years of drying (AP)

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