Queen Khentakawess III, Shert Nebti Wife Of Pharaoh Neferefre Who Ruled 4500 Years Ago Discovered In Egypt

The tomb of Princess Shert Nebti in Abu Sir, south of Cairo by Czech archaeologists

This is one of the world's wonders, because this has taken about four and half millennia since it happened. It has been informed that Czech archaeologists have unveiled the tomb of the Queen Khentakawess III,which has for quite a long time remained unknown, but now knows the name to be  Shert Nebti, the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre whom according to history that ruled over 4,500 years ago.


This discovery was made in Abu Sir, which is an Old Kingdom necropolis Southwest of Cairo, and at this point the name of the queen is not yet known, but rather she was identified as Khentakawess, because she was said to be unknown even before the time of that her tomb was discovered.

From the report, when the tomb was opened, her names was spotted inscripted on the walls of the grave, which would have been done by those that build that grave as at the time of her death.

Following the statement of the Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said “This discovery will help us shed light on certain unknown aspects of the Fifth Dynasty, which along with the Fourth Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids.”

It was stated that the tomb existed during the Fifth Dynasty (2994-2345 BC) and it was exactly at the Neferefre’s funeral complex that this discovery was made.

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