In the archaeological site of Al-Dayabat (Sohag province), a magnificently painted tomb of the nobleman Tutu and his wife, who was the temple singer of the god Ming, was discovered.
They found the tomb by accident: the police arrested a gang that was conducting illegal excavations in the necropolis; during interrogation, the gang members revealed the location of the tomb.
After the investigation was completed, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities undertook excavations of the monument. The tomb consists of two small rooms, one of which is almost entirely occupied by two sarcophagi of Tutu and his wife.
Despite its diminutiveness, the tomb is very good: the walls of the first room are richly painted. The main themes of the decoration are Osiris and the deities of his circle, the wandering of the solar Rook of millions of years through the waters of another world and the stay of the dead in the Fields of Iaru, which were the Egyptian analogue of paradise.
Among the finds made in the tomb is a perfectly preserved mummy, the identity of which is being revealed, as well as embalmed sacred animals: cats, dogs, falcons, and shrews.
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