Thursday 8 May 2014
DISCOVERY:Egypt discovers tomb of Pharaonic-foreign minister
The tomb of a Pharaonic official, whose role was similar to
that of a foreign minister, has been found in Egypt,
Antiquities Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim said on Thursday.
The tomb, discovered by Cairo University’s archaeologists
in the Saqqara archaeological zone south of the Giza
pyramids, belonged to a man called Paser.
Paser was head of the Army Archives and Royal Messenger
to foreign countries, the ministry said.
It includes painted scenes of the afterlife of the deceased,
showing his funeral, the tribunal of the underworld presided
over by the god Osiris and the goddess of the west
welcoming the deceased.
The tomb is thought to date to ancient Egypt’s 20th
Dynasty, which reigned in the 12th and 11th centuries BC.
(dpa/NAN)
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