February 12, 2006

At least they had beer

They've peeked through a vertical shaft, but not entered, a newly-discovered tomb just 16 feet from the tomb of King Tutankhamen.

A Long-Buried Tomb is Opened in Egypt


"I believe the most important and interesting fact about this discovery is that it came after 80 years," said Dr. Salima Ikram, former professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.

But they know that five mummies are there with beer on hand in sealed clay storage jars.

Who are they?

"It is an honor to be buried in the Valley of the Kings," Dr. Schaden said in a telephone interview from Luxor. "They could be relatives of the king, his brother-in-law, a gardener or a minor person in the palace given special honor by the king." He added that sarcophagi carried the names and all information about the person buried, but that so far the team had not been able to enter the burial chamber and could see only through a hole in the shaft.

Posted by Jill Fallon at February 12, 2006 7:20 AM | Permalink