Yesterday, Saturday, an Egyptian-English mission announced the discovery of a pharaonic royal tomb in the city of Luxor in southern Egypt, dating back 3,500 years.

During the past few years, Egypt has uncovered several archaeological "treasures" in various parts of the country, especially in the Saqqara region, west of Cairo, where more than 150 archaeological sarcophagi dating back more than 2,500 years have been discovered.

A statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities stated, on Saturday, that "the joint Egyptian-English mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Modern State Research Foundation at Cambridge University succeeded in uncovering a previously unknown royal tomb."

According to the statement, this was "during the excavation work that the mission is conducting in the Western Valleys area on the western mainland in Luxor."

The statement quoted the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, Mustafa Waziri, as saying that the cemetery "may date back to the period of the rule of al-Tahamsa (the era of the 18th dynasty)," and this will be confirmed during the coming period.

"The discovered cemetery may belong to one of the royal wives or princesses during the period of the rule of the Tamesah (the era of the 18th dynasty), of which a large number of them have not been discovered so far," said Piers Lutherland, head of the mission from the English side.

Al-Tahamsa is one of the most prominent kings of the 18th Dynasty (1550 BC-1069 BC) in the history of the ancient Pharaohs, and it was initiated by the Pharaonic King Thutmose I (1504-1492 BC).

Mohsen Kamel, a government official supervising the archaeological area within the scope of which the discovery came, pointed out that "the discovered tomb is in a poor state of preservation as a result of the torrents that occurred during ancient times, which flooded its chambers with thick deposits of sand and limestone, which led to much obliteration." of its features and inscriptions.

For his part, Fathi Yassin, head of the mission from the Egyptian side, confirmed that "the mission is continuing excavations and archaeological documentation of the entire cemetery, which will contribute to revealing the architectural planning of the cemetery in a clearer way and its artistic elements."

The 18th Pharaonic family included a group of the most prominent rulers of ancient Egypt among kings and queens, headed by King Ahmose, King Thutmose I, King Tutankhamun, Queen Hatshepsut and Queen Nefertiti.