Discover the tomb of Egypt's royal ambassador

''very important discovery that add more to Egypt’s history and political status with its neighboring countries,"

With this words Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, unveil the new discover

Archaeologists have found a tomb dating back to around 1100 B.C. south of Cairo, discovery at Saqqara

that the tomb belongs to a guard of the army archives and royal messenger to foreign countriesThe tomb was found near another one dating back to the same period belonging to the head of the army that was discovered in the previous excavation season. That tomb was larger but much of what remains is mud bricks as "most of its stone blocks were stolen and many of them are in museums all over the world,"He explained that ancient Egyptian tombs are only found in two shapes – mastaba or rock hewn – but that this particular one is temple-shaped and ends with a peramidion, which means that the tomb's designer used a new architect that combined the shapes of both temples and tombs. Horemhab, army chief in the early 18th dynasty, started to build his tomb in Saqqara but then decided to dig it in Luxor after he became a kingAlthough the tomb is unfinished, it depicts very distinguished and well-preserved wall decorations and scenes,” Ali El-Asfar, head of the ministry's ancient Egyptian antiquities section

The discovery also highlights Egypt’s political relationship with Far East countries during that period, Ibrahim said, as well as the importance of the Memphis necropolis