THREE NEW KINGDOM-ERA TOMBS DISCOVERED

CAIRO, JULY 20 /SRNA/ - Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered three rock-cut tombs dating to the New Kingdom period /1550–1069 BC/.

According to Amr El-Tayeb, Director General of the Saqqara Antiquities Area, the tombs belonged to three officials, including a senior administrative and military official from the early New Kingdom, the chief merchant of the House of Ptah, and an overseer of the house.

The tombs were discovered in the Bubasteion necropolis at Saqqara, west of Cairo, and Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said they contain hieroglyphic inscriptions and important archaeological remains.

Hisham El-Eleiti, Secretary-General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the discovery sheds light on the identity and history of the tomb owners and provides new insight into Egyptian society during the New Kingdom period, Xinhua reported.