PHOTO GALLERY: 5th Dynasty tomb on Giza Plateau - Egypt's first archaeological discovery of 2018
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/289283/Multimedia.aspxTomb of 5th Dynasty top official Hetpet discovered near Pyramid of Khafre on Giza Plateau
After almost 109 years of searching, the tomb of Hathor’s priestess Hetpet has been uncovered
Nevine El-Aref , Saturday 3 Feb 2018
4000-year-old tomb of Fifth Dynasty prominent woman discovered near Pyramid of Khafre on Giza Plateau (Photo: Ahram)
“It is the first discovery to be announced in 2018,†said Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany at a press conference held at the step of Hetpet’s tomb in Giza's western cemetery.
El-Enany explained that blocks of the tomb were unearthed in 1909 by a British explorer who sent them to Berlin and Frankfurt.
“The tomb has never been uncovered until October 2017 when the Egyptian mission started excavation in the Giza western cemetery,†El-Enany said.
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