Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old tomb near Memphis
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Archaeologists in Saqqara, Egypt, uncovered a tomb belonging to a high-ranking official and priest named Sehentiu-Ptah, dating back about 4,000 years.
The discovery occurred within the Bubasteion necropolis, an ancient burial ground for the former capital of Memphis. The tomb includes a network of burial shafts and three sealed stone sarcophagi, alongside over 100 ushabti figurines intended for funerary rituals.
Hieroglyphic inscriptions on alabaster objects within the tomb reveal Sehentiu-Ptah held multiple important positions during the Old Kingdom, around 2686 to 2181 BC. He served as a royal chamberlain, supervisor of royal works and documents, keeper of royal decrees, supervisor of scribes, and priest of a goddess. The Saqqara area also contains the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, built in the 27th century BC.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the finding, adding to recent archaeological successes in the region.
