Female singer's 3,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt
Jan 17, 2012 1:16:15 GMT -5
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Female singer's 3,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Published January 16, 2012
The tomb of Twosret and Setnakhte, one of many found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
The 3,000-year-old tomb of a female singer was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, it was announced.
Swiss archaeologists came across the resting place of Nehmes Bastet by accident, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim told reporters Sunday in Cairo, according to the Al Ahram newspaper.
An inscription found on a wooden plaque on the tomb said that she was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon and sang for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the 22nd Dynasty, which reigned between 945 and 712 BC.
Luxor's Valley of the Kings is where the gold funeral mask of Tutankhamun was unearthed in 1922, and until now, the only tombs found there were linked to the royal families of ancient Egypt.
The discovery is important because "it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the 22nd Dynasty," the minister added.
The name "Bastet" refers to a feline goddess of ancient Egyptian religion and indicates that the singer was thought to be protected by that deity.
The coffin -- the 64th to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings -- likely will be opened later this wee
Read more: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/16/female-singers-3000-year-old-tomb-found-in-egypts-valley-kings/?intcmp=features#ixzz1jh3qibiS
Female singer's 3,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Published January 16, 2012
The tomb of Twosret and Setnakhte, one of many found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
The 3,000-year-old tomb of a female singer was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, it was announced.
Swiss archaeologists came across the resting place of Nehmes Bastet by accident, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim told reporters Sunday in Cairo, according to the Al Ahram newspaper.
An inscription found on a wooden plaque on the tomb said that she was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon and sang for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the 22nd Dynasty, which reigned between 945 and 712 BC.
Luxor's Valley of the Kings is where the gold funeral mask of Tutankhamun was unearthed in 1922, and until now, the only tombs found there were linked to the royal families of ancient Egypt.
The discovery is important because "it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the 22nd Dynasty," the minister added.
The name "Bastet" refers to a feline goddess of ancient Egyptian religion and indicates that the singer was thought to be protected by that deity.
The coffin -- the 64th to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings -- likely will be opened later this wee
Read more: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/16/female-singers-3000-year-old-tomb-found-in-egypts-valley-kings/?intcmp=features#ixzz1jh3qibiS
