The discovery of a cemetry dating back to the ancient Egyptian era

A mission of archeologists from the Czech Republic discovered, at Abu Seir in Giza governorate,a graveyard including first statues engraved in limestone and dates back to the ancient Pharaonic dynasties.

Dr. Gab Allah, the secretary general of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, declared that the mission found out three blocks of limestone, which height ranges from 105cm and 128cm. On each, two statues are engraved standing inside a lamp and surrounded by hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Dr. Zahi Hawwas, head of the Central Department for Cairo and Giza Antiquities disclosed that a grave of a person named Kar had been discovered before at the same region where this mission works.

As for the new cemetery, its writings are deeply engraved inscriptions, painted in green on a red background. Studies revealed that it belongs to someone called Meri Harshaf, one of the state's great officials in the reign of King Bibi I, one of the kings of the sixth dynasty.