Pyramid-builders Cemetery Found Near Giza

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May 6, 2019

Archaeologists digging on the Giza Plateau, site of the famous Pyramids, have unearthed a cemetery housing the 4,500-year-old remains of builders of those pyramids.

Giza mummies

Among the tombs and shafts discovered was a tomb belonging to a family who lived during the Fifth Dynasty, in the 3rd Century B.C. Inside the tomb were the remains of Behnui-Ka, who served as a priest and judge to three kings, and Nwi Who, who had three important roles in the reign of Khafre. Also found was a limestone statue showing a man and his wife and his son.

Egyptian officials also found at the site a few wooden coffins and wooden and clay masks from a later period. The Egyptians reused the cemetery a few centuries after it was constructed.

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