The fifth Relieving Chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The design and blocks arrangement of this chamber are a great example of the extraordinary design of the Great Pyramid.
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Tomb of Mitri – The photo shows the serdab (closed statue chamber) in the early 6th Dynasty (or say late Old Kingdom) tomb of the official Mitri, containing nine wooden statues. The tomb was excavated in 1925-26 by the Egyptian Antiquities Service under the leadership of Cecil Firth.
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From A Secret Voyage by Zahi Hawass and Sandro Vannini
Golden shrine of a statue-carter108 – Detail of the golden shrine of a statue, from the funerary equipment of Tutankhamun – New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty – From Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb 62 – (carter 108), Cairo, Egyptian Museum – This shrine is one of the masterpieces from Tutankhamun’s tomb because of the accuracy of its manufacturing and the beauty of its details. The shrine was found in the tomb’s antechamber, and it contains many scenes. On this side of the shrine are scenes in two registers. The top register is divided into two parts. On the left side, the King is facing the Queen who is offering him a sistrum and a menat necklace. On the right side, the King is seated on a chair wearing the blue crown. His hand is on the armrest of the chair. The Queen stands in front of him. She holds flowers and pours a libation for the King.
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Late Period beer jars from El Heiz (Abydos).
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New tombs discovered in Luxor by the ARCE
Two new tombs were discovered in the past two weeks in the site of Sheikh Abd El Qurna, in Luxor, by the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), with the support of USAID and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. Both tombs date back to the prosperous 18th Dinasty of the New Kingdom and were discovered while mapping the adjacent courtyard of Theban Tomb 110 (TT110).
The first tomb, discovered last week, belongs to Amenhotep, who is also called Rebiu, the door-keeper of god Amun. As the Ministry of Antiquities reported, the tomb is T shaped and consists of a transverse hall 5.10 metres long and 1.50 metres wide that leads to another chamber that is 2.50 metres long and 2.10 metres wide. There is a small unfinished niche at the eastern end and there is also an entrance to the south that leads to a small side room which is 2×2 metres. At the centre of this room there is a shaft that may lead to the burial chamber.
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Minister El Damaty added that the tomb contains many stunning scenes with bright colours painted on plaster. Many of the scenes represent the tomb owner and his wife in front of an offering table. Other scenes show the tomb owner making an offering to a goddess nursing a royal child, as well as scenes of daily life and the owner’s funerary rites.
General Director of Upper Egypt, Sultan Eid commented that the tomb was deliberately damaged in ancient time; the name and titles of the tomb owner, some hieroglyphic texts and scenes in addition to the names of the god Amun were deliberately erased.
The second tomb, discovered this week, is also T shaped and belongs to Sa-Mut. It contains a number of beautiful scenes painted on plaster with extremely bright colours. There are scenes representing everyday life activities, celebration scenes and other scenes representing the tomb owner and his wife Ta Khaeet. The tomb consists of a transverse hall and unfinished side chambers with shafts. It was robbed in antiquity and some of the texts and scenery were deliberately damaged.
This second tomb lies to the east of TT110 and shares the same courtyard; the door of this newly discovered tomb opens to the north, and to the south of the door of the tomb of Amenhotep (Rebiu), discovered last week.
Sources: Supreme Council of Antiquities, USAID
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Archeologists at Saqqara – Distinguished archaeologists and their wives in front of the Saqqara Inspectorate in 1935. From left to right, the men are Jean-Philippe Lauer, William Stevenson Smith, and JE Quibell.
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From A Secret Voyage by Zahi Hawass and Sandro Vannini
KV17 – Tomb of Seti I – The King and Ra Horakhty – Painting from the tomb of King Seti I, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty – King’s Valley 17, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – Horus ranked among the most important gods of the ancient Egyptians. He was son of the goddess Isis and the god Osiris, Lord of the Netherworld. From ancient times, Horus symbolized Kingship and every King of Egypt was the earthly incarnation of the god’s ka. One of the five royal names, which each King adopted on his ascension, was the Horus name, written in a serekh with a falcon on top. During the New Kingdom, the god Horus united with the god Ra and became known as Ra-Horakhty. In this detail from the tomb of Seti I, the god Ra-Horakhty is depicted with his falcon head and the sun disc on his head, embracing the King who is wearing the nemes headdress and the royal false beard.
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These are the statues of the goddess Sekhmet found by the German Expedition in the vicinity of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III on the West Bank of Luxor. The reason for making a large number of statues of the goddess Sekhmet is that she was considered the main healing patron and we all know that Amenhotep III suffered from many serious diseases towards the end of his life.
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Tomb of Mitri – This photo shows the serdab (closed statue chamber) in the early 6th Dynasty (or late Old Kingdom) tomb of the official Mitri, containing nine wooden statues. The tomb was excavated in 1925-26 by the Egyptian Antiquities Service under the leadership of Cecil Firth.