"Ewerkee" cemetery speaks

"Ewerkee" cemetery speaks

The constant love for exploration and research in the past, coupled with curiosity in knowing Egypt’s deep history thousands of years ago, prompted researchers and archaeologists to search for its secrets and strive to discover the relics and tombs and everything related to ancient Egyptian history, as many of the vague matters left by the Pharaonic civilization were and still are a motive For research and investigation, the tombs of the ancient Egyptians were not just places for burying the dead as much as they were "eternal palaces", in which the deceased blessed a new life in the other world, after a trip he spent in the living world for years on the ground in which he prepared himself financially and morally to win an eternal life safer in " Peace fields. ".

Al-Masry believed in the past that the body of the deceased moved his soul, returning to him in his cemetery, to start a new journey in the other world, so the Egyptians sought to take all necessary measures and court to ensure the protection of the graves from theft, with thieves intimidating with warning phrases and religious deterrent texts in order to preserve the furniture of the cemetery The funeral of looting and plunder, so that its owner can write eternity.

Despite the Egyptians ’keenness to provide all the security provisions, the tombs of the kings were not spared from theft crimes, with the exception of the tomb of the young king Tutankhamun, from which the eyes of thieves from ancient Egypt were absent, to clearly reveal the magnificence of what was the tombs of kings and queens, and the size of artistic and creative wealth What witnessed the eras of the empire of the modern state, according to the historical division of the eras of ancient Egypt, and until now the discoveries are continuing from there.

The discovery of a tomb dating from the reign of King Ramses II

The inscriptions indicate that "Euerchi" began his military career during the reign of King Seti I and assumed the highest positions during the reign of Ramses II, in the Saqqara area south of Cairo, was discovered the tomb of the chief of the ancient Egyptian army during the reign of King Ramses II, called "Ewerky."

Ola El-Agezy, head of the archaeological mission in Saqqara, affiliated to the Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University, said that the cemetery is large in size and maintains many important inscriptions that highlight the height of the man's position, as well as the presence of murals depicting the Egyptian army with its sections of cavalry and pedestrians, heading in a military campaign outside The eastern borders of Egypt. The tomb inscriptions also included the names of some members of the Eureki family, his son "Yuba", and his grandson who occupied a prominent position in the inscriptions on the stone blocks in the tomb.

It is clear from the inscriptions that they hold important military titles, which indicates that they all belong to a family of the military class in the modern state, according to the division of the eras of ancient Egypt’s history, and the inscriptions indicate that "Euerchi" began his military career during the reign of King Seti the First, and was included in Positions until he held the highest military positions in the Egyptian royal court during the reign of King Ramses II.

Al-Ajezi added that the mission also found a large number of carved stone blocks, which were removed from the walls of the cemetery in a manner that is likely that they either occurred during the theft attempts in the nineteenth century, or through the influence of weather factors, which contributed to the presence of a large number of The remains of the remains of these tombs in museums around the world. "

The owner of the cemetery was included in the important military ranks, and he held the highest positions during the reign of King Ramses II, among them the post of supervisor of the king's properties in his temple known as the "Ramsium" located in Western Thebes (Luxor).

The mission also found inscriptions on other unique stone blocks that embody daily life activities related to the grave military standing of the owner of the cemetery, as well as inscriptions indicating Egyptian foreign relations with neighboring countries such as ships loaded with wine vessels coming from the land of Canaan (currently Syria and Palestine), Initial information to date indicates that the presence of a number of members of the family of the Leader "Eureki", such as his son and grandson, in a prominent manner in the inscriptions are likely to be a family cemetery, which may be confirmed by additional studies leading in the future.