A team of Spanish Egyptologists and the Institute of Ancient Egyptian Studies will find two tombs with almost 60 mummies and limbs inside, as revealed by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, through a press release.
Considered the most important archaeological find of all of 2022, the event took place at the end of the Vizier Amenhotep Huy Project campaign,
“The most important thing this year is the discovery of two tombs, almost six meters deep that were made up of two chambers each and that house around sixty mummies and rthese of mummies“, he explained, to the Agencia Efe, Francisco J. Martín, the director of the aforementioned archaeological expedition.
“The two burials are from periods after the date of the tomb of the vizier Amenhotep Huy (18th Dynasty), which shows a very important richness of the architectural style and evidence that Tomb of the vizier, at some point, became a necropolis“, he added.
The two secondary tombs that were found communicate with two burial chambers and are characterized by the lack of epigraphsunlike what happens in the tomb of the vizier Amenhotep Huy, which is a chapel of 30 columns with many scriptures.
“In the tomb of the vizier they began to build other tombs of different dynasties, since the place was sacred; in the end it is a very powerful deposit and we are discovering many things. We are privileged to have an area where burials have been held since the time of the vizier of the 18th dynasty (1550 BC). until the 2nd century AD, from the Coptic period“added the Egyptologist.
For her part, the co-director of the project, Theresa Bedmannaffirmed that, until now, what they have found in the mummies buried in the area were always senior officials of the clergy of Amun of Thebes“
“Another important advantage of the area where it appeared is that, through mummification, it can be established that they belong to high social classes. The origin was the tomb of the Vizier, when he became a martyr, the holy name is made and many people love each other. bury there as it is a prestigious area. It is a necropolis inside the vizier’s tomb,” added Bedman.
Now, the specialists confirmed that will resume the mission at the end of September with the aim of continue with the restoration of the chapel with the reconstruction of six columns.
“Inside the chapel there were thirty columns; We have rebuilt fourteen huge pillars six meters high and next year we are expected to finish another six”, concluded Martín.
