Thursday 8 July 2010

Press Release - Two new tombs discovered at Saqqara | drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass

Do check the photos of this wonderful pair of tombs, such vivid colours. Nearly as good as Luxor :0

Press Release - Two new tombs discovered at Saqqara | drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass: "Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), who is also the leader of the excavation mission said that the tombs belong to a father, Shendwa, and his son, Khonsu. The father’s tomb consists of a painted false door depicting scenes of the deceased seated before an offering table. The door also bears the different titles of the tomb’s owner who was a top governmental official during the Sixth Dynasty (2374-2191 BC). He was the head of the royal scribes and the supervisor of the missions as well as other honorary titles.

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