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Tomb Of Lost Egyptian Queen (picture) by nairo: 1:55pm On Jan 06, 2015 |
long-forgotten queen of Egypt has been rediscovered by archaeologists from Czech republic, who dug out her 4,500-year-old tomb at the Abusir necropolis just outside of Cairo. The Huffington Post has more: Inscriptions on the tomb indicate her name was Khentakawess, or Khentkaus, and that she was married to the Pharaoh Neferefre, also known as King Raneferef, who ruled briefly during the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, the team announced on Sunday. Since there have been two other queens with the same name, the archaeologists are calling her Khentakawess III, or Khentkaus III, according to AFP. It’s the “first time we have discovered the name of this queen who had been unknown before the discovery of her tomb,” antiquities minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said in a statement cited by AFP. “This discovery will help us shed light on certain unknown aspects of the Fifth Dynasty, which along with the Fourth Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids.” Inscriptions also identify her as “wife of the king” and “mother of the king.”
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