Unlooted Tomb

by | Dec 15, 2018 | Culture Music Art | 0 comments

from The New York Post

Ancient, never-looted tomb discovered in Egypt

By Eileen AJ Connelly

Egypt AntiquitiesMustafa Abdo, chief of the excavation workers, walks in the tomb. / AP

Egypt announced the discovery of an “exceptionally well preserved” ancient tomb—and the best part may be, it’s never been looted.

The 4,400-year-old grave in a pyramid complex outside Cairo belonged to a priest named Wahtye, Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said Saturday. The site, among the ruins of Saqqara, showed no signs of robbers when archaeologists found it.

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