A 4,400-year-old tomb was discovered in Cairo, Egypt. Archaeologists found the tomb near the country’s famed pyramids at the Giza plateau. Authorities hope the latest discovery will help revive the country’s staggering tourism sector. The area is known to be home to tombs from the Old Kingdom. Archaeologists suspect the tomb belonged to a woman known as Hetpet, who was close to ancient Egyptian royals of the 5th Dynasty. The tomb is made of mud brick and includes wall paintings in good condition depicting Heptpet observing different hunting and fishing scenes. There is also a scene of a monkey picking fruit and another of a monkey dancing before an orchestra. The archaeological mission that found the tomb started excavation work last October. Hetpet’s mummy has not been found.
“This is a very promising area. We expect to find more,” Mostafa al-Waziri, who led the mission, told reporters at the site, according to Time. “We have removed between 250-300 cubic meters of layers of earth to find the tomb.”
Experts hope to find more discoveries around ancient Egypt with the help of modern technology.
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