Luxor, Jan. 25 (BNA): The joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the New Kingdom Research Foundation discovered a royal tomb during its work in the western valley of Mount Thebes on the west bank of Luxor.
The tomb is located in Wadi Si, one of the western valleys, below the so-called cliff tomb of Neferure, according to Al-Ahram newspaper.
“Current examination on ceramics has found fragmentary epigraphic evidence to date [indicates] Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that it is a tomb for many members of the royal family in the period of Tuthmsid, the eighteenth dynasty.
The Eighteenth Dynasty lasted from 1550 to 1292 BC.
Waziri explained that further studies will reveal more about the secrets of this unknown tomb, its structure and halls, adding that so far only a staircase carved into the rock, two passages and a partially painted room have been revealed.
Piers Litherland, head of the expedition from the British side, said that current studies indicate that this tomb was severely damaged by floods in ancient times which closed the tombs and their inscriptions with debris almost completely.
“The investigation will take several months,” he added.
FKN