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Archaeologists working at the Gisr el-Mudir enclosure in Saqqara, Egypt, discovered an unusual limestone statue left behind by grave robbers. Unearthed in 2021 but detailed only recently by Zahi Hawass and Sarah Abdoh in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, the statue depicts a nobleman, his wife, and their young daughter. The daughter is carved in bas-relief rather than fully in the round, a stylistic departure from typical Old Kingdom family statuary.

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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf, founder of the Fifth Dynasty, at the Saqqara necropolis. The multi-chamber tomb features a 15-foot-tall pink granite false door inscribed with the prince's name and titles, a red granite offering table, and statues of Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser, his wife, and ten daughters that were moved there during the Late Period. A black granite statue with hieroglyphic inscriptions from the 26th Dynasty suggests the tomb was reused nearly 2,000 years after its original construction. The joint Egyptian mission was led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Dr. Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage.

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