An international mission under the auspices of the University of Alcalá, Spain has uncovered over 50 clay jars filled with embalming materials for the mummification of the Ancient Egyptian Vizier Ipi during the cleaning of the courtyard under his tomb (TT 315). The courtyard had been buried under the sand before being uncovered by the Spanish mission. Morales added that the deposit of the mummification materials used for Ipi included jars with potmarks and other types of inscriptions, various shrouds and four-meter-long linen sheets, shawls and rolls of wide bandages. There were also other types of cloth, rags and pieces of slender wrappings designed to cover fingers, toes, and other parts of the vizier’s corpse. The main purpose of the project is the archaeological study and epigraphy of the tombs of Henenu (TT 313) and Ipi (TT 315), the funerary chamber and sarcophagus of Harhotep (CG28023), as well as the conservation and detailed publication of information of these monuments and others located at Thebes.

Source: Egypt Independent May 22, 2017 11:03 UTC