4,400 YEARS OLD EGYPTIAN PRIESTESS TOMB DISCOVERED

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4,400 YEARS OLD EGYPTIAN PRIESTESS TOMB DISCOVERED

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Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled the newly discovered tomb of an ancient priestess that dates back 4,400 years.
An Egyptian archaeologist points to wall paintings inside the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess on the Giza plateau on the southern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, 3 February 2018.

The tomb found near Cairo is adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess, Hetpet, in a variety of scenes.
Hetpet was a priestess to the goddess of fertility Hathor, who assisted women in childbirth.
It was found during excavations near the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt's antiquities ministry says.
Egyptians look at well-preserved and rare wall paintings inside the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess in Saqqara, on the Giza plateau on the southern outskirts of Cairo, that was unveiled on 3 February 2018,
This site, in Giza's western cemetery, housed officials from the Old Kingdom's Fifth Dynasty, some of which have already been dug up since 1842.
"We know of course that she was a high official and that she had a strong link with the royal palace," Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said, describing Hetpet on Saturday.
Egyptian excavation workers labour outside the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess on the Giza plateau on the southern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, 3 February 2018.
The tomb "has the architectural style and the decorative elements of the Fifth Dynasty, with an entrance leading to an 'L' shaped shrine," the ministry said.
The wall paintings inside were in "a very good conservation condition depicting Hetpet standing in different hunting and fishing scenes or... receiving offerings from her children".

- SOURCE: CNN

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