Egypt unveiled Thursday the 3,000 year-old tombs of two senior pharaonic military men in the famed Saqqara necropolis, one of them decorated with well-preserved reliefs depicting the afterlife. Saqqara, roughly 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Cairo, was the burial ground for the neighbouring city of Memphis. Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim told reporters at the site that the burial in Saqqara confirmed that Memphis remained important in the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC), after the capital shifted to Luxor. \"The burial of these people here shows that Memphis preserved its importance as an administrative and military centre when (the southern city of) Luxor became the effective capital,\" he said.
05-11-2014, 07:00 PM
Egypt unveils two pharaonic military tombs
Egypt unveiled Thursday the 3,000 year-old tombs of two senior pharaonic military men in the famed Saqqara necropolis, one of them decorated with well-preserved reliefs depicting the afterlife. Saqqara, roughly 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Cairo, was the burial ground for the neighbouring city of Memphis. Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim told reporters at the site that the burial in Saqqara confirmed that Memphis remained important in the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC), after the capital shifted to Luxor. \"The burial of these people here shows that Memphis preserved its importance as an administrative and military centre when (the southern city of) Luxor became the effective capital,\" he said.
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