EGYPTIAN TOMB DISCOVERED IN SAQARA

From: Info-Prod Research (Middle East) | Date: June 3, 2007 | Copyright information

A Dutch mission from Leiden Museum has just come across a huge tomb that dates back to the era of King Akhenaton, the 19th dynasty, some 3,500 years ago. Located in Giza's Saqqara area, the tomb belongs to a priest called Meri Neet, who had become known as the chief superintendent of god Aton at the time. A source with the mission said they also found the burial chamber, but were not that lucky with the mummy. But the tomb contained canopian utensils on which the names of the four sons of god Horus are engraved, he said. Not just that, the Dutch mission also discovered a rare stone slab ...

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