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Steven Stanek in Cairo, Egypt
for National Geographic News
January 18, 2008
Archaeologists have unsealed the intact burial chamber
of an ancient Egyptian official, providing a rare glimpse
into the burial customs of the Old Kingdom's middle class.
The relatively modest tomb, belonging to a fifth dynasty
priest and politician named Neferinpu, was discovered in
2006 at Abusir, the ancient necropolis of the fifth and 26th
dynasties, located near modern-day Cairo.
Only recently, however, did a Czech team open the
tomb's burial chamber, a tiny room about 33 feet (10
meters) below ground packed with offerings and personal
effects that had remained undisturbed for nearly 4,500
years.
"The most im****tant conclusion to be connected with
this discovery--which is, in principle, a major
discovery--is that everything we saw was found intact,
which means nobody has seen or touched this burial
since the Old Kingdom," said Miroslav Barta, the
Czech archaeologist who led the excavation.
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