4,500-year-old tomb sheds light on burial customs of ancient Egypt's middle class

Archaeologists have unsealed the burial chamber of a 4,500 year old tomb of an Egyptian official, thus providing a rare insight into the burial customs prevalent among the middle class in ancient Egypt.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the tomb, belonging to a fifth dynasty priest and politician named Neferinpu, was discovered in 2006 at Abusir - the ancient cemetery of the fifth and 26th dynasties, located near modern-day Cairo.

"He was rich, but he wasn't the uppermost kind of rich. He wasn't like a top priest," said Salima Ikram, a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, referring to Neferinpu...

Fonte: Dailyindia.com