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The find was made by a US-Egyptian mission in the Tal Edfu area north of the city of Aswan. One building was from the era of the pharaoh Djedkare Isesi of the fifth dynasty which ruled Egypt more than ...

5th Dynasty Egyptian Tomb(Courtesy Mohamed Megahed) Tomb painting detail(Courtesy Mohamed Megahed) During investigation of the funerary complex of the 5th Dynasty ...

The elaborate features of Khuwy's tomb have led archaeologists to suspect that the high official had a very close relationship with the reigning pharaoh at the time, Djedkare Isesi. Interestingly ...

(It is) the heart (which) makes of its owner a listener or a non-listener.” Here, Ptahhotep, a vizier who lived during the reign of King Djedkare Isesi of the Fifth Dynasty, around the years 2375–2350 ...

Since the discovery was announced, it has been picked up by news outlets across the globe. Djedkare Isesi's Pyramid, courtesy of Creative Commons According to Ikram, Megahed discovered in the area of ...

A new analysis of an ancient Egyptian mummy suggests that sophisticated techniques for preserving the dead may be 1,000 years older than previously believed. The discovery centers on the tomb of a ...

Other finds include an offering table used by the Pharaohs Sneferu, Djedefre, and Khufu, a statue of fifth dynasty official Akhethotep who was second only to the Pharaoh Djedkare, and an Old Kingdom ...

In 1929-30, a tomb was excavated in Giza, which contained the remains of Akhethetep, a courtier and official to the pharaoh Djedkare Isesi. Behind a false door in that tomb was mention of Peseshet ...