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4,000-Year-Old Tomb of Ancient Egyptian ‘Keeper of the Secrets’ Discovered at Saqqara

The burial chapel held an intact false door, more than 100 ushabti figurines and sealed sarcophagi, archaeologists said.

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Archaeologists at Saqqara uncover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Sekhentiu-Ptah, an official who guarded ancient royal secrets.

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A new archaeological find in a legendary site in Egypt provides attention. It is an ancient tomb that has a number of peculiarities.

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The grave found included a list of positions and even the name of the buried man

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The tomb of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian official, Sekhentiu-Ptah, was discovered in the Necropolis of Sackar, where a false door was kept in the burial chapel through which, according to the Egyptians, the soul of the deceased could visit the world of the living, and the discovery was written by Smithsonian Magazine with reference to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

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