埃及发现一座遗失的古墓-凯发k8官网

a lost ancient egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists in the desert sands south of cairo.

考古学家在开罗南部沙漠地区发现一座曾经遗失的古埃及坟墓。

the team is looking for a sarcophagus like this one discovered 100 years ago

the 3,300-year-old tomb is believed to belong to a mayor of the ancient capital of memphis（孟菲斯） .

it was originally discovered by artefact（人工制品） hunters in the 19th century, who then lost the tomb's location.

the tomb was located by a team of egyptian researchers after a five-year search and they are hopeful mummified ¹ are still inside.

nile hunt ²

the tomb belongs to ptahmes, who was also army chief, overseer（监督，工头） of the ³ and a royal scribe under the pharaohs seti i and his son ramses ii, during the 13th century bc.

"since 1885 the tomb has been covered in sand and no-one knew about it," professor ola el-aguizy of cairo university said.

"it is important because this tomb was the lost tomb."

the 70m-long tomb, located in the saqarra necropolis（大墓地） , contains carvings ⁴（描写，描述） ptahmes and his family hunting and fishing on the nile river.

the team is still looking for the main ⁵ where it is believed the mummified remains and sarcophagus（石棺） of the occupants may still remain.