Egyptian tomb yields rare statue
A rare double wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian scribe and his wife has been found in their tomb south of Cairo, Egypt’s chief archeologist said Monday.
The double statue, dating from around 2300 BC, was among five wooden statues found at the tomb in Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, said Zahi Hawass, chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. The official was Ka-Hay, who kept divine records, and his wife, Spri-Ankh.
They were buried in the part of the necropolis associated with the pharaoh Teti.
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