Burial complex unearthed at Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis
Finds included canopic jar stoppers, cartonnage fragments, and several woven baskets.
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A family burial complex dating to the Second Intermediate Period has been discovered at the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis at Luxor.
The Egyptian mission uncovered 30 burial shafts with a similar architectural design, and a mud-brick offering chapel which contained a collection of shabtis and amulets.
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One of the burials contained a large red-granite sarcophagus inscribed for the vizier Ahkhu, who served the Thirteenth Dynasty king Sobekhotep II. Other finds included canopic jar stoppers, cartonnage fragments, and several woven baskets.
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Also at Dra Abu el-Naga, two previously discovered tomb-chapels have been opened to the public following restoration work by a Spanish-Egyptian mission. TT11 belongs to Djehuty, Overseer of the Treasury under Hatshepsut (Eighteenth Dynasty); TT12 is the Tomb of Hery, Overseer of the Granary of Queen Ahhotep (Seventeenth Dynasty).
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