Middle East-Egypt-

January 15, 2023

During the excavations conducted by the joint Egyptian-English mission

between the Supreme Council of antiquities and the modern state research institution at the University of Cambridge, the mission revealed at Valley number "C" in the western valleys area of the western mainland, A Royal Cemetery in Luxor that was not known before, according to a statement published by the official account of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and antiquities via Facebook.

In the statement, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Mustafa Waziri, pointed out that the discovery is of great importance, as the initial evidence discovered inside the cemetery so far indicated that it may date back to the period of the reign of Al-Hamsa (18th dynasty era).

This will be confirmed during the coming period until the completion of the archaeological documentation of the cemetery.

Excavations and archaeological documentation of the entire necropolis are still ongoing, and this will contribute to a clearer unveiling of the architectural layout of the necropolis, as well as its artistic elements.

The director of the site of the western valley, Dr. Mohsen Kamel, added that the discovered cemetery is in a poor state of preservation as a result of the floods that occurred during ancient times, which flooded its chambers with dense deposits of sand and limestone, which obliterated many of its features and inscriptions.

It is likely that the discovered tomb belonged to one of the royal wives, or princesses during the reign of the enthusiast, as explained by the head of the expedition from the English side, Dr. Piers Sutherland.