Two Early Dynastic Tombs Exposed in Egypt - Archaeology Magazine

Two Early Dynastic Tombs Exposed in Egypt - Archaeology Magazine

Aerial view of excavated tombs, Gabal El-Teir, Egypt MINYA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT—Two tombs dated to the Early Dynastic period have been unearthed at Gabal El-Teir in Upper Egypt, according to an Ahram Online report. Use of the necropolis at Gabal El-Teir began in the Predynastic period, prior to 3100 B.C. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Sherif Fathy said that the Early Dynastic tombs, dated from 3100 B.C. to 2686 B.C., will allow researchers to trace t…

Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth Two Tombs That Could Represent Early Development of Funerary Pyramids

Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt discovered two tombs dating to the Early Dynastic period, both of them at the fabled location known as Gabal El-Teir—or, as translated from Arabic, “Mountain of the Birds.” The tombs date from 3100 to 2686 B.C.E. and “will allow researchers to trace the development of funerary architecture,” according to Archaeology Magazine, which noted that thick walls at the bottom that taper toward the top of the struc…