New Tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings

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A new discovery by the mission of University of Basel in cooperation with the ministry of antiquities IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS .

 Tomb KV 40 contained the mummified remains of at least 50 people – including carefully mummified new-borns and infants – as well as countless fragments of their funerary equipment. All remains were plundered several times and heavily affected by a fire.
The fragments of various wooden and cartonnage coffins indicate furthermore that the tomb was used a second time as a burial ground: long after the abandonment of the Valley as royal necropolis, members of priestly families of the 9th century BC were interred here.

a subterranean tomb with several large chambers (KV 40) was identified as the burial place of members of the families of the pharaohs Thutmosis IV and Amenhotep III (ca. 1400-1350 BC).
The analysis of hieratic inscriptions on storage jars revealed the identity of over thirty individuals, among which eight hitherto unknown royal daughters, four princes and several foreign ladies. One princess is called Taemwadjes, another one Neferunebu.

This discovery fills an important gap in Egyptological research, insofar as the individuals buried in the non-royal tombs of this necropolis remained largely anonymous up to now.
 anthropological analyses as well as further examination of the fragmentary burial goods will in future deliver important insight into the composition of the pharaonic court of the 18th dynasty as well as the conditions of life and the burial customs of its members.
 University of Basel Kings' Valley Project

A discovery of two 26th Dynasty tombs (663 B.C- 525 B.C)

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A discovery of two 26th Dynasty tombs (663 B.C- 525 B.C) in Al Bahnsa, Minia governorate in middle Egypt.

The site of Al Bahnsa is the location of the ancient Egyptian town of Pr-Medjet which was developed to Graeco Roman city of Oxyrhynchus. 

 

The discovery by the Spanish team works in cooperation with Egyptian team from the ministry of antiquities.
One of the tombs belongs to a scribe. Bronze inkwell and two small bamboo pens were found next to his mummy which was found in good condition. Thousands of fishes were found in the scribe tomb, some of them are mummified. Also the top of a canopic jar was found in the tomb.

 

The second tomb belongs to a priest who was the head of a family many of its members were priests in the Osireion which was discovered few years ago about 2 KM to the west of the tomb.

Many large stone sarcophagi were found, some are broken and the rest is in good condition and bears hieroglyphic inscriptions, some alabaster canopic jars were also found inside the sarcophagus. 10s of bronze Osireion statues and bronze coins dated back to 26th Dynasty were also found in the tomb.