Archaeologists reveal tomb of Ramses II’s treasurer in Egypt
The tomb is positioned in Saqqara, an enormous necropolis south of Cairo, in line with an announcement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities revealed Saturday.
Saqqara has been the positioning of a string of astonishing finds in recent times, and this newest discovery is the work of a group of archaeologists from Cairo College.
Archaelogists uncovered a lot of tombs belonging to historic dignitaries.
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Along with the tomb of the previous treasurer, the group additionally uncovered the tombs of a lot of dignitaries, together with a navy chief referred to as Hor Mohib.
Generally referred to as Ramses the Nice, Ramses II dominated Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC, the second-longest reign in Egyptian historical past.
Saqqara is an historic necropolis south of Cairo.
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Round 20 miles south of Cairo, the huge burial floor of Saqqara as soon as served the royal capital of Memphis, and the positioning can be house to Egypt’s oldest surviving pyramid.
In January, authorities introduced the invention of a cache of historic burial shafts containing a whole bunch of wood coffins.