DISCOVERY OF A
TOMB IN EGYPT
Archaeologists have discovered the nearly 3600years
old tomb of a royal stable master form the pharaonic era in the famed temple
city of Luxor in Egypt.
The tomb was found by Egyptian, Italian and Spanish
archaeologists while excavating another tomb on Luxor’s western bank, according
to the Egyptian ministry.
The tomb belongs to an important statesman from the
18th dynasty called Maai. It was found when diggers made an opening
in the wall of the other tomb.
Maai, apart from being the stable master in charge
of the army’s horses, was also supervising the royal family’s farms and
livestock. The visible inscriptions (on the tomb’s walls) are very important as
they reveal details about the daily life of the tomb’s owner, his family
relations and the lifestyle of senior statesmen at this time.
One of the scenes shows Maai and his wife Nefret,
another shows men and women sitting at banquet tables and a third shows
sacrificial rituals the statement said Luxor a city of around 500000 residents
on the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt is an open-air museum of intricate
temples tombs of pharaonic rulers and landmarks such as the Winter Palace hotel.
