The Giza Plateau, one of Egypt’s most iconic archaeological sites, houses hundreds of tombs from the Old Kingdom as well as later periods. Built in the shadow of the royal monuments admired by the entire world, lie the tombs of people who themselves created and developed the ancient state. The two tombs of Kai, probably […]

The necropolis surrounding the pyramid complex of Merenra at South Saqqara remains largely unexplored. Situated, to the south of the complex of Pepy I and south-west of the pyramid of Djedkara, it contains important evidence from the late 6th Dynasty of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Several tombs of officials who served under pharaoh Merenra were […]