Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities has announced the discovery of a tomb in the city of Akhmim in Sohag governorate thought to be from the early Ptolemaic period.
Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anany said in a press conference he held in Sohag on Friday that the tomb was built for a man named Tutu and his wife, a musician called Ta-Shirit-Iziz.
It was discovered when authorities found smugglers digging illegally for artifacts, he said.
Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities which sits within the ministry, described the burial chamber as a "beautiful, colorful tomb".
"The tomb is made up of a central lobby, and a burial room with two stone coffins. The lobby is divided in two", he said.
"It shows images of the owner of the burial room, Tutu, giving and receiving gifts before different gods and goddesses".
"We see the same thing for his wife, Ta-Shirit-Iziz, with the difference that (we see) verses from a book, the book of the afterlife", he added.
Two mummies were on display outside the shallow burial chamber.
Around 50 mummified animals, including mice and falcons, were also recovered from the tomb.
