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The tomb of King Khakaure Senusret III (Senwosret III), one of the most dominant and popular pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, is set to open to the public within a couple of years. This will provide an opportunity for visitors to descend into the underground chambers and marvel at the architecture of the Egyptian builders who constructed the burial complex nearly four thousand years ago.According to Dr. Josef Wegner, Associate Curator of the Egyptian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, who has been excavating in Abydos for decades, this is the largest tomb at Abydos and dates back to 1850 BC. The tomb measures 200 meters (656 ft) in length and 45 meters (148 ft) deep and its architecture is one of a kind. “The architecture is amazing. It’s like going into a pyramid. Its architecture is symbolic – depicting the sacred journey into the afterlife,†Wegner tells Popular Archaeology .He then goes on explain that the entrance of the tomb faces westwards (epitomizing death, as the sun sets in the west) and the underground complex curls under a sacred natural mountain, known as Anubis-Mountain in antiquity, to face the eastern horizon, the side from where the sun rises, symbolizing rebirth. “For the Egyptians, that the sun vanishes in the west and magically rises in the east is one of the secrets of the universe, giving them the power of rejuvenation,†Wegner says as Popular Archaeology reports ...https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/huge-4000-year-old-underground-hidden-tomb-cult-egyptian-king-senwosret-iii-021448
