Egyptian archaeologists move the cover of
an intact sarcophagus, inside Tomb TT33 in Luxor, 700km south of Cairo,
Egypt, 24 Novmber 2018. The tomb dates back to the Middle Kingdom, which spanned the 11th and
12th dynasties, and belonged to "Thaw-Irkhet-If", mummification
supervisor at the Temple of Mut in Karnak.
Earlier this month the French mission in Luxor
disocvered an intact sarcophagus. The sarcophagus revealed a mummy of a
woman called Thuya. French Professor Frederic Colin, head of the French
mission in Tomb TT33 where the sarcophagus was found, said that the
sarcophagus dates to the 18th dynasty and inside it a well-preserved
mummy wrapped in linen was found. (*)
Located between the royal tombs at the Valley of the Queens and the
Valley of the Kings, the Al-Assasif necropolis is the burial site of
nobles and senior officials close to the pharaohs.
Among the finds in the tomb are sarcophagi, statues and some 1000
funerary figurines called "Ushabtis" made of wood, faience and clay.
(*) - Ver post DESCOBERTA 11)
