Officials’ tombs found in Egypt
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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tombs of two court officials, in charge of music and pyramid building, in a 4,000-year-old cemetery that was built during the reign of Pharaoh Unas.
The tombs were found buried in the sands south of Cairo and could shed light on the fifth and the sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, said Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s antiquities chief.
One of the tombs belonged to Iya Maat, the supervisor of pyramid building under the reign of Unas.
He organized the acquisition of granite and limestone from Aswan and other materials from the Western Desert.
The second tomb housed the remains of Thanah, who was in charge of singers in the court of Unas.
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