Egypt is celebrating a great archaeological news: Researchers discovered a tomb of 4,400 years and government authorities defined it as the "most beautiful" that has been found this year.
The tomb is of a priest named Wahtye who lived in the court of the Neferirkare, who ruled during the 5th Egyptian dynasty, who held power between 2,500 A.C. and 2,350 A.C.
Khaled al Anani, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, said the tomb is located south of Cairo, in Saqqara. Its greatest value is given by the good preservation of the statues and hieroglyphics inside.
On its walls are depicted scenes from the daily life of the religious and different aspects of that era, which show, for example, the manufacture of ceramics, wine and sarcophagi.
According to the description made by archaeologists who have been able to enter the tomb, it is approximately 10 meters deep by three wide.
"I can imagine all the objects that can be found in this area," said Mostafa Waziri, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, adding that "this well should carry a coffin or sarcophagus from the owner of the tomb."
The Egyptian government hopes that this and other findings will serve as a base to increase the visit of tourists, who has already recovered from the swings he experienced due to the political crises that the country experienced due to the "Arab Spring" of 2011 and the overthrow of the former president Mohamed Hosni Mubarak in 2013.
