Two tombs of unidentified officials dated to Egypt’s New Kingdom era have been opened at Luxor’s Draa Abul-Naglaa necropolis years after they were initially discovered by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp in the 1990s.
Funerary mask found in Kampp 161 [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
“It is a very important discovery because both tombs contain very rich funerary collections, and one of them has a very distinguished painted statue of a lady in the Osirian shape,” El-Enany said, adding that 2017 has been a “year of discoveries,” with this most recent discovery being the third Draa Abul-Naga alone.
Linen wrapped mummy found in Kampp 161 [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and head of the Egyptian excavation mission, explains that both tombs were given special numbers by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp in the 1990s.
Funerary mask and coffin found in Kampp 161 [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
The tombs had been left untouched until excavation started during the recent archaeological season.
Anubis det on the coffin [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
“The owner of Kampp 150 is not yet known, but there are two possible candidates,” Waziri told Ahram Online.
Painted wood funerary masks found in Kampp 161 [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
The tomb has only one inscription on one of its northern pillars. It shows a scene with a seated man offering food to four oxen, with the first kneeling in front of the man, who is giving it herbs. The scene also depicts five people making funerary furniture.
Mural depicting offerings to the dead in Kampp 161 [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
The objects uncovered inside include 100 funerary cones, painted wooden masks, a collection of 450 statues carved in different materials such as clay, wood and faience, and a small box in the shape of a wooden coffin with a lid.
Detail from mural [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
Also found was a collection of clay vessels of different shapes and sizes as well as a mummy wrapped in linen with its hands on its chest in the Osirian form.
Guard stands at tomb entry [Credit: Nariman El Mofty/AP for National Geographic] |
Author: Nevine El-Aref | Source: Ahram Online [December 09, 2017]