Sage Lazzaro - Archaeologists Just Discovered a Huge 3,000-Year-Old Royal Egyptian Tomb
In the almost 200-year
history of Egyptology, so many ancient tombs have been located and
identified that it was thought further finds would be rare. But a team of
archaeologists just discovered another of especially high significance.
A team of Japanese
archaeologists just came across a previously unknown tomb in the Theban
necropolis in Egypt. Their research has determined it was built for a man
named Khonsu with the title of Royal Scribe. And it’s not only 3,000
years old, but also beautifully decorated. What’s more, the
discovery gives hope that there are even more to discover.
“No one knows that
unknown tombs that still have beautiful decorations or inscriptions still
remain undiscovered…I think that there might be more tombs hidden in this
area,” Waseda University Professor Jiro Kondo, who led the team behind the
discovery, told the Observer. This is not his first big find. Konodo discovered
the tomb of Khonsuemheb in the same area in December 2013, and he came across
this new discovery while cleaning the forecourt of another, the tomb
of Userhat.
What’s most unique
about the tomb of Khonsu, though, is how large and elaborately decorated it is.
The tomb, which is shaped like a T, measures 14 feet from east to west
and 15 feet from north to south and features colorful, well-preserved
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