Ancient find in Egypt
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EGYPT said Wednesday that archaeologists have unearthed a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the pharaonic First Dynasty, a discovery that will shed new light on the pre-dynastic era.
The tomb was built before the rule of King Narmer, founder of the First Dynasty who unified Upper and Lower Egypt in the 31st century BC, the Antiquities Ministry said in a statement. The tomb was discovered in the Kom al-Ahmar region, between Luxor and Aswan, on the site of ancient Hierakonpolis, the City of the Falcon, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Upper Egypt.
The archaeologists found an ivory statue of a bearded man and the mummy of the tomb’s owner, who appeared to have died in his late teenage years, the ministry said.
They also found 10 ivory combs as well as tools, blades and arrowheads, it said.
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