An intact (?) Old Kingdom burial from Saqqara
2025, 34, No. 1
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Abstract
An Old Kingdom rock-cut tomb, discovered by the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Saqqara in the Dry Moat of the Step Pyramid complex, is discussed. Although the tomb was unfinished and robbed in ancient times, it nevertheless contained an intact burial of a Fifth Dynasty official.
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