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Lara Weiss and Christian Greco read the texts in the new tomb chapel. Photo: The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
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Egyptian conservator Hassan Soliman, who works for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the Saqqara archaeological area, works to restore the fragile limestone in the small funerary chapel of Yuyu. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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The wall of a small chapel showing the funeral of a man named Yuyu, who was a maker of gold foil in the treasury of the pharaoh. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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A joint Dutch-Italian archaeological mission has discovered a cemetery and four small chapels dating to the Ramesside era in Egypt’s Saqqara. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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A carving of six sculpted figures in a small funerary chapel, the owner of which is yet unknown. It depicts two men in the centre, each accompanied by their wives holding the hands of children. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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The rectangular complex of Panehsy measures 13.4 metres by 8.2 metres and is situated north of the tomb of the famous Maya, a high-ranking official from the time of Tutankhamun. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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Canadian Egyptologist Lyla Pinch Brock works in the tomb of Panehsy. Photo: Nicola Dell'Aquila
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Descending into the burial shaft of Panehsy with the tambura. Photo: Servaas Neijens
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Stela in the tomb of Panehsy. Photo: Nicola Dell'Aquila
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Egyptian restorer Basma Zaghloul at work on the stela of Panehsy. Photo: The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
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Lara Weiss and Christian Greco read the texts in the new tomb chapel. Photo: The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
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Egyptian conservator Hassan Soliman, who works for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the Saqqara archaeological area, works to restore the fragile limestone in the small funerary chapel of Yuyu. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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The wall of a small chapel showing the funeral of a man named Yuyu, who was a maker of gold foil in the treasury of the pharaoh. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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A joint Dutch-Italian archaeological mission has discovered a cemetery and four small chapels dating to the Ramesside era in Egypt’s Saqqara. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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A carving of six sculpted figures in a small funerary chapel, the owner of which is yet unknown. It depicts two men in the centre, each accompanied by their wives holding the hands of children. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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The rectangular complex of Panehsy measures 13.4 metres by 8.2 metres and is situated north of the tomb of the famous Maya, a high-ranking official from the time of Tutankhamun. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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Canadian Egyptologist Lyla Pinch Brock works in the tomb of Panehsy. Photo: Nicola Dell'Aquila
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Descending into the burial shaft of Panehsy with the tambura. Photo: Servaas Neijens
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Stela in the tomb of Panehsy. Photo: Nicola Dell'Aquila
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Egyptian restorer Basma Zaghloul at work on the stela of Panehsy. Photo: The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
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Lara Weiss and Christian Greco read the texts in the new tomb chapel. Photo: The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden