Saqqara archaeologists discover tomb of ancient official Sekhentiu-Ptah

Archaeologists have discovered the ancient tomb of Sekhentiu-Ptah at the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo. Sekhentiu-Ptah was a high-ranking official during Egypt’s Old Empire, serving in various roles including royal chamberlain, supervisor of state construction sites, administrator of decrees, priest of Maat, and director of official scribes.

The tomb features an ornamental “false door” designed to symbolically connect the living with the deceased. Excavations led by Hisham Al-Lithi, representing the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, also uncovered funerary shafts containing human remains and over one hundred faience ushabti figurines. The site is located in the Bubasteion sector, an area historically associated with the cult of the goddess Bastet.