CAIRO - Archaeologists have discovered the burial chamber of Gahuty, the chief decorator of temples and tombs from the time of ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, in Luxor (720 kilometers south of the Egyptian capital). This was reported by Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni. The atrium around the tomb, located on the western bank of the Nile, was built from mud bricks and served not only for offering sacrifices to the deities but also as a resting place for visitors to the tomb, clarified the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. "It is one of the largest courtyards found so far in Luxor - it measures 34 meters," Hawass further stated. On its walls, religious ceremonies from the reign of queen Hatshepsut, in fact, the only female pharaoh in the history of ancient Egypt (1482-1502 BC), are modeled, along with explanations about the architecture of these structures. Near the crypt in the tomb of Hor, the head of the grain mills of the mother and wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep I (1545-1525 BC), researchers discovered a collection of ceramic vessels, gaming boards, and a wooden chest.
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