skywizard
6th January 2015, 00:44
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CAIRO, EGYPT—The BBC reports that archaeologists led by the Czech Institute of Egyptology's Miroslav
Bárta have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown queen at Abusir, the necropolis of the Old
Kingdom capital of Memphis. Inscriptions on the tomb's walls indicate it was occupied by Queen
Khentakawess, and its close proximity to the pyramid of the Pharaoh Neferefre, a Fifth Dynasty king
who ruled briefly around 2460-2458 B.C., led the team to hypothesize she was probably Neferefre's
wife and the mother of his successor. In addition to the inscriptions, the team discovered 23 limestone
pots and four copper tools.
Source: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2865-150105-egypt-queen-khentakawess-tomb-revealed
peace...
CAIRO, EGYPT—The BBC reports that archaeologists led by the Czech Institute of Egyptology's Miroslav
Bárta have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown queen at Abusir, the necropolis of the Old
Kingdom capital of Memphis. Inscriptions on the tomb's walls indicate it was occupied by Queen
Khentakawess, and its close proximity to the pyramid of the Pharaoh Neferefre, a Fifth Dynasty king
who ruled briefly around 2460-2458 B.C., led the team to hypothesize she was probably Neferefre's
wife and the mother of his successor. In addition to the inscriptions, the team discovered 23 limestone
pots and four copper tools.
Source: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2865-150105-egypt-queen-khentakawess-tomb-revealed
peace...