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 Image Sinkhole reveals lost Egyptian temple 0:46 An urban sinkhole in the Egyptian city of Abydos has revealed a lost memorial chapel to Pharaoh Mentuhotep II. Courtesy Luxor Times 
 
 Jamie Seidel, AFP News Corp Australia Network 
 
 HE was the king of kings, the god of gods. Now archaeologists believe they have found the tomb of the Egyptian supreme deity, Osiris. 
 
 Egyptian media is reporting two new tombs were announced at the weekend, one of which belonged to a previously unknown queen. 
 
 But it is the ominous blackened ‘tomb’ of Osiris — the god of the afterlife and reincarnation — which has attracted the most attention. 
 
 News_Image_File: Here lies Osiris ... Inside a chamber of the ‘tomb of Osiris’. Picture: Matjaz Kacicnik, Min Project / Egyptian Antiquities Dept 
 
 It is not actually a tomb: Instead, it is a symbolic burial site used in rituals to link the god’s immortal powers to those of the ruling Pharaohs. 
 
 Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-DamAcaty said the 25th Dynasty structure (from about 700BC) at the Al-Gorna necropolis on Luxor’s west bank was modelled on a real royal tomb, with multiple shafts and chambers. 
 
 News_Image_File: ‘Tomb’ of Osiris ... a drawing by Raffaella Carrera, of the Min Project. Source: Egyptian Antiquities Dept 
 
 Its main feature is a large hall propped up by five pillars. A staircase leads down to a funerary chamber which contains a carving of the dead god. An adjoining room contains reliefs of demons holding knives — which the archaeologist in charge of the Spanish-Italian excavators describes as being guardians. 
 
 A 9m deep shaft then leads to a central chamber, beneath which another 6m shaft leads to two more as-yet unexplored, debris-filled rooms. 
 
 News_Image_File: To the underworld ... The entrance to one of the ‘tomb’s’ shafts. Source: Paolo Bondielli, Min Project 
 
 The ‘tomb’ is believed to be modelled on the more ancient Osirion tomb/temple complex in Abydos, Sohag. 
 
 It is not the first time the tomb has been discovered. 
 
 The Egyptian Department of Antiquities says that part of the structure was uncovered in the 1880s by archaeologist Philippe Virey. Despite some attempts to map it, the significance and nature of the site remained unknown until now. 
 
 News_Image_File: God of death ... A relief showing Pharoh Ramses, left, worshipping the dead god Osiris. Source: ThinkStock 
 
 Legend has it the god Osiris was killed by his rival Set, who wanted his title as king of the gods. Osiris was tricked into laying in a sarcophagus made to his size, and he was cast into the river Nile. Later, Set found Osiris’ coffin and cut the body of the god into 14 parts which he then had scattered across Egypt. 
 
 The winged goddess Isis tracked down and found 13 of the 14 pieces (she had his penis replaced by a gold representation), and sang a life-giving song to have the god restored. 
 
 News_Image_File: Fit for a queen ... An engraving near the entrance to the tomb of Khentakawess III. Source: Egyptian Antiquities Dept 
 
 Ancient Queen uncovered 
 
 Archaeologists have also unearthed the tomb of a previously unknown queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4500 years ago, officials in Egypt said last night. 
 
 The tomb was discovered in Abu Sir, an Old Kingdom necropolis southwest of Cairo where there are several pyramids dedicated to pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty, including Neferefre. 
 
 The name of his wife had not been known before the find, the Antiquities Minister said in a statement. 
 
 He identified her as Khentakawess, saying that for the “first time we have discovered the name of this queen who had been unknown before the discovery of her tomb”. 
 
 That would make her Khentakawess III, as two previous queens with the same name have already been identified. 
 
 News_Image_File: Mausoleum ... the site of the tomb of Khentakawess III. Egyptian Antiquities Dept 
 
 Her name and rank had been inscribed on the inner walls of the tomb, probably by the builders, Damaty said. 
 
 “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,” he added. 
 
 Miroslav Barta, who heads the Czech Institute of Egyptology mission who made the discovery, said the tomb was found in Neferefre’s funeral complex. 
 
 “This makes us believe that the queen was his wife,” Barta said, according to the statement. 
 
 An official at the antiquities ministry said the tomb dated from the middle of the Fifth Dynasty (2994-2345 BC). 
 
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 Czech archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a previously unknown queen believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre who ruled 4,500 years ago, officials in Egypt said Sunday. 
 
 The tomb was discovered in Abu Sir, an Old Kingdom necropolis southwest of Cairo where there are several pyramids dedicated to pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty, including Neferefre. 
 
 The name of his wife had not been known before the find, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said in a statement. 
 
 He identified her as Khentakawess, saying that for the “first time we have discovered the name of this queen who had been unknown before the discovery of her tomb”. 
 
 That would make her Khentakawess III, as two previous queens with the same name have already been identified. 
 
 Her name and rank had been inscribed on the inner walls of the tomb, probably by the builders, Damaty said. 
 
 “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,” he added. 
 
 Miroslav Barta, who heads the Czech Institute of Egyptology mission who made the discovery, said the tomb was found in Neferefre’s funeral complex. 
 
 “This makes us believe that the queen was his wife,” Barta said, according to the statement. 
 
 An official at the antiquities ministry said the tomb dated from the middle of the Fifth Dynasty (2994-2345 BC). 
 
 Archaeologists also found around 30 utensils, 24 made of limestone and four of copper, the statement added. ||||| The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announced Sunday the discovery near Cairo of the tomb of a heretofore unknown queen from the 5th Dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 2994-2345 BC. 
 
 The new royal figure was named "Khentakawess III" and in reliefs on the inner walls of the tomb she is identified as both "the wife of the king" and "the mother of the king." 
 
 Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said in a communique that in the tomb were found statuettes and 24 limestone utensils, along with four copper utensils, which were part of the funerary objects. 
 
 The tomb was found by a Czech archaeological mission, in collaboration with the Egyptian ministry, in the Abusir area southwest of Cairo. 
 
 The head of the Czech mission, Miroslav Barta, said that the discovery of the tomb had revealed aspects of a relatively unknown period of the 5th Dynasty, and he confirmed the importance of Khentakawess III, who could have been the wife of Pharoah Neferefre and the mother of Pharoah Menkahur, in the court. 
 
 On March 24, 2014, the Czech archaeologists also discovered at Abusir the sarcophagus and mummy of an important 5th Dynasty priest named Nefer. 
 
 Abusir, which is near the famous pyramids at Giza, was part of the huge necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis. EFE 
 
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– Two ancient burial sites have been uncovered in Egypt—one belonging to a previously unknown pharaonic queen and the other to a god of the dead. The first, in a necropolis southwest of Cairo, has the name of a queen presumed to be Pharaoh Neferefre's wife written on the wall, AFP reports via Raw Story; her name was previously not known. Identified as Khentakawess (or really Khentakawess III, since there were two before her), on the tomb walls she's also called "the wife of the king" and "the mother of the king," perhaps because she was believed to have been married to Pharaoh Neferefre and mother to Pharaoh Menkahur, an archaeologist tells Fox News Latino. The discovery, dating back some 4,500 years, sheds light on "the Fifth Dynasty, which, along with the Fourth Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids," an Egyptian official says. The other find is a symbolic burial site for Osiris, once Egypt's supreme deity of the afterlife and the underworld, reports Australia's News Network (which has photos and diagrams). The 25th Dynasty burial site, dating to about 700BC, was likely used for rituals that linked the ruling Pharaohs to Osiris' powers. Located on Luxor’s west bank at the Al-Gorna necropolis, it was modeled on an actual royal tomb with several chambers; it includes a funerary complex with a carving of Osiris and an adjacent room with a relief of knife-wielding demons, perhaps there for protection. The site was discovered by archaeologist Philippe Virey back in the 1880s, Al Arabiya reports, but only now are its main rooms excavated. (Along similar lines, read about a jeweled mummy found under a collapsed roof.)