Egypt gets a new historical destination as the archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the 4,400 years old tomb of an ancient priestess.
The tomb of this 4400 years old priestess found near Cairo, the capital of Egypt is adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess, Hetpet, in a variety of scenes.
In ancient history of Egypt, Hetpet was a priestess to the goddess of fertility Hathor, who assisted women in childbirth. It was found during excavations near the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt’s antiquities ministry says.
This site of the ancient tomb, in Giza’s western cemetery, housed officials from the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty, some of which have already been dug up since 1842.
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said that they know of course that she was the high official and she has the strong link with the royal palace.
The tomb has the architectural style and the decorative elements of the Fifth Dynasty, with an entrance leading to an ‘L’ shaped shrine.
The wall paintings inside the tomb inside were in a very good conservation condition depicting Hetpet standing in different hunting and fishing scenes or receiving offerings from her children.
Now this becomes the place of attraction and there are major number of tourists visit this place.
