A team of Egyptian and German scientists, with the participation of the German Archaeological Institute, discovered a 4,300-year-old tomb with well-preserved paintings in Dahshur, 33 kilometers south of Cairo. Information about the opening was published at: portal Egyptian government information.
Inside the tomb, archaeologists discovered frescoes depicting scenes from Ancient Egyptian life: ships on the Nile River, merchants in the market, threshing grain with the help of donkeys, and other scenes.
Hieroglyphic inscriptions found on the walls of the tomb say that the body belonged to a man named Seneb-Neb-Af and his wife Idet. Inscriptions say that Ideth was a priestess of Hathor, the sky goddess associated with lust, motherhood, and music, and held various administrative positions in the royal court of Seneb-Neb-Af.
According to scholars, Seneb-Neb-Af and his wife lived and served in the palace of Pharaoh Pepi I, who reigned from 2310 to 2260 BC. to. At that time, pyramids were still being built in Egypt, but their size was inferior to the huge pyramids in Giza.
Archaeologists noted that the excavations in the tomb have not yet been completed and that they have not yet found the remains of the priest and the attendant.
Previous scientists almost 100 years later to create The second half of the giant statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II.