Archeologists in Abu-Sir discovered a tomb southwest of Cairo. This tomb is thought to be the wife and mother of Pharaoh Neferefre. The pharaoh was the known ruler of Egypt estimated around 4,500 years ago.

The Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty announced that the one who lies in this tomb is known as Khentakawess which is inscribed on the wall in Necropolis.

This discovery noted by Mr. Damaty “would make her Khentakawess the third”. To add to this discovery as this tomb was found in Pharaoh Neferefre’s funeral complex.

Miroslav Barta, Head of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, was on a research operation when he made the discovery of Khentakawess the third’s tomb. At the location of this discovery made Miroslav think that she was the wife of the Pharaoh.

The tomb has been looted by robbers long ago but the Czech archeologists recovered around thirty utensils that are made of limestone and copper.

Mr. Damaty explained “The discovery would help us shed light on the certain unknown aspects of the fifth dynasty, which along the fourth dynasty, witnessed the constructions of the first pyramids”.

This pyramid of Pharaoh Neferefre’s tomb was never completed and was considered “the unfinished pyramid” as Neferefre ruled Egypt for only two to three years.

The location of this discovery is located in Abu-Sir, an area south of the Giza complex, and north of Saqqara.

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