Luxor, Egypt – Excavations in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna area of the Theban Necropolis by a team of researchers led by Carina van den Hoeven of Leiden University have revealed a tomb from the New Kingdom, la brujula verde Report. Initial examination of the writings on the walls of the tomb indicate that it belonged to a man named Pasar, who lived during the 19th or 20th Dynasty, approximately between 1295 and 1070. BC Mohammed Abdel Badei of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said the tomb follows the pattern established by the Theban elite of the period, consisting of an outer courtyard, a main chapel carved into the rock, and a floor plan in the shape of an inverted “T”. A series of underground chambers contained coffins and funerary items. An adobe mastaba and a staircase leading to the entrance of the tomb were found in the courtyard, Abdel Badei said. Clearing away the dust and sediment currently accumulating on the walls of the chapel will help researchers interpret the scenes of Pasar and his wife that were carved and painted there. To read about Ahhotep’s gilded sarcophagus, which was found in the 19th century in the Theban Necropolis of Dra Abu el-Naga, go to “first queen of egypt“
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