EGYPTONEWS

EGYPTONEWS

July-2010.Sakkara. Two ancient tombs found in Sakkara discovered by the Egyptian delegation which is in charge of Sakkara since 1986.The discovery was under the auspices of
the supreme council of antiquities. Dr. Hawas mentioned that the first tomb was for a father called Sen-Dewa while the other was for his son. Hawas explained that the main tomb has a unique false door with intact colours and it belongs to Sen-Dewa who was a senior royal scribe and a nobleman lived during the 6th dynasty around 2374 B.C. Also it has a twenty meter deep burial shaft with a wooden coffin in addition to five stone plates with duck forms that contained duck bones as well as a small stone obelisk. The other tomb was for Sen-Dewa’s son Khonsu who inherited the same job titles and it has a similar design. Both tombs are located west of the step pyramid. Akhbar Newspaper. Copyrig ©Musegypt 。