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Archaeologists Discover a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb With a False Door at Egypt's Ancient Saqqara Necropolis

Summary by Smithsonian Mag
In addition to the tomb, which once belonged to a high-ranking official, excavations revealed a network of burial shafts that still held human remains and funerary objects

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In Saqqara, archaeologists discovered the tomb of a high-ranking official from the Old Kingdom period, along with a network of later burial shafts, sarcophagi and numerous funerary objects. It is particularly significant that they found some of the objects from the tomb in their original places. New archaeological discoveries in Egypt provide additional insight into how the role of […] The article More than 4,000-year-old tomb discovered in Egyp…

An intact 4,000-year-old funeral chapel emerges in Saqqara behind a false door with trowels, sealed sarcophagus and over a hundred ushabtis. La entrada They find an intact 4,000-year-old tomb hidden behind a false door in Saqqara, Egypt aparece primero en Merca2.

A 4,000-year-old tomb and its "false door" belonging to a high-ranking official have been unearthed in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt. Read more here: High-Ranking Official's Tomb with False Door Found in Saqqara - Archeofili.

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Smithsonian Mag broke the news in Washington, United States on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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