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Burial complex unearthed at Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis

Finds included canopic jar stoppers, cartonnage fragments, and several woven baskets.

Ancient Egypt Magazine

April 8, 2023

Tomb finds from the newly discovered family burial complex at Dra Abu el-Naga.

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.

A small stela discovered at the Dra Abu el-Naga family burial complex.

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.

The newly opened tomb-chapel TT11, belonging to Djehuty, Overseer of the Treasury.

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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