Czech researchers have discovered an ornate grave of a dignitary at a depth of 14 meters in Abusir, Egypt, not far from Cairo. Charles University in Prague announced this on Monday.
Egyptology professor Ladislav Bares explained that the shaft tomb belonged to a royal scribe, a certain Djehutiemhet. This new find helps shed light on the turbulent period of the 5th to 6th centuries BC in ancient Egypt.
According to the researchers, Djehutiemhet lived in the 27th Dynasty, around the middle of the first millennium BC, and was buried in a necropolis where respected officials and military commanders from the 26th and 27th Dynasties found their final resting place.
Burial chamber 14 meters deep
According to the information, the main shaft leads to a limestone burial chamber more than three meters long at a depth of about 14 meters. The walls feature inscriptions, including religious rulings against snakebites from the pyramid texts. A stone sarcophagus is decorated with hieroglyphic texts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, supplemented with images of the gods Isis and Nephthys.
The scientists assume that grave robbers looted the chamber long ago. Examination of the remaining skeletal remains by Egyptian experts has revealed that Djehutiemhet died at the young age of only about 25 years. He had a sedentary job and suffered from severe bone loss.
The site is on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Charles University in Prague has been excavating the Abusir pyramid field for more than 40 years. The site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979.
Source: Krone
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