It’s believed that the tomb contained the remains of goldsmith Amenemhat and his wife, while another tunnel led the teams to another mummy and her two sons. The chamber is thought to date back to around the 16th to 11th century BCE, meaning that it could be 3,500 years old.
Tests done on the female mummy revealed that she was around 50-years-old when she died, which defies life expectancy rates of that time. The average age of death back then was 34 for men and 30 for women, providing that they were fortunate enough not to succumb to infection during childhood, which was extremely common. The woman’s two sons died in the 20s and 30s.
Khaled al-Anani, Minister of Antiquities, said that “we found many objects of the funerary equipment inside and outside the tomb. We found mummies, coffins, funerary combs, funerary masks, some jewelry, and a statue. The work did not finish yet.”
About a dozen more cemeteries were found in Luxor at the start of this year near the southern city of Aswan, which date back to around the same time as the Draa Abul Naga tomb.
Mr. al-anani is hopeful that this recent discovery will help them find more tombs. The reason for this is because these types of discoveries are so valuable to Egypt. While the finds are priceless and help historians piece together what happened during that time, it also increases tourism. After the finds at the beginning of the year, tourism revenue increased by 170%, which amounts to $3.25 billion.
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