A remarkable ancient Egyptian tomb has been discovered in the necropolis of Draa el-Naga, near Egypt’s famous Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of a small room at ground level and a burial chamber eight metres below containing four mummies. Of the 50 funerary cones discovered, 40 belong to four other officials from the period whose bodies have not yet been found. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/ReutersOther discoveries include a Roman-era tomb, uncovered last month near the Upper Egyptian town of Minya, and more than 1,000 wooden funerary statues that were found in a 3,500-year-old tomb near Luxor. “I used to spend 1.3bn Egyptian pounds a year in the construction of museums and restoring the monuments.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2017 20:03 UTC