<p>A Pharaonic princess' tomb dating from about 2500 BC has been discovered near Cairo, signalling the beginning of a new era in the history of sepulchres in Egypt.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The discovery was made in the Abu Sir region south of Cairo by a team of archaeologists from Czechoslovakia, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />"We have discovered the antechamber to Princess Shert Nebti's tomb which contains four limestone pillars," Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt's antiquities minister, said.<br /><br />The pillars 'have hieroglyphic inscriptions giving the princess's name and her titles, which include 'the daughter of the king Men Salbo and his lover venerated before God the all-powerful', he added.<br /><br />Ibrahim said that the Czech Institute of Egyptology's mission, funded by the Charles University of Prague and directed by Miroslav Bartas, had made the discovery.<br /><br />"The discovery of this tomb marks the beginning of a new era in the history of the sepulchres at Abu Sir and Saqqara," Ibrahim said.<br /><br />The Czech team also excavated a corridor in the southeast of the antechamber, which leads off to four other tombs, two of which have already been discovered separately.<br /><br />The two tombs belonged to high-ranking officials including a 'grand upholder of the law' and an 'inspector of the servants of the palace', according to their inscriptions.<br />They date from the fifth pharaonic dynasty, the paper said.<br /><br />The discoveries have all been made during the excavation season, which began in October, said Usama al-Shini, director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities for Giza.<br /><br />The corridor comprises four limestone sarcophagi that contain statuettes of a man, a man accompanied by his son, and two men with a woman.</p>
<p>A Pharaonic princess' tomb dating from about 2500 BC has been discovered near Cairo, signalling the beginning of a new era in the history of sepulchres in Egypt.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The discovery was made in the Abu Sir region south of Cairo by a team of archaeologists from Czechoslovakia, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />"We have discovered the antechamber to Princess Shert Nebti's tomb which contains four limestone pillars," Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt's antiquities minister, said.<br /><br />The pillars 'have hieroglyphic inscriptions giving the princess's name and her titles, which include 'the daughter of the king Men Salbo and his lover venerated before God the all-powerful', he added.<br /><br />Ibrahim said that the Czech Institute of Egyptology's mission, funded by the Charles University of Prague and directed by Miroslav Bartas, had made the discovery.<br /><br />"The discovery of this tomb marks the beginning of a new era in the history of the sepulchres at Abu Sir and Saqqara," Ibrahim said.<br /><br />The Czech team also excavated a corridor in the southeast of the antechamber, which leads off to four other tombs, two of which have already been discovered separately.<br /><br />The two tombs belonged to high-ranking officials including a 'grand upholder of the law' and an 'inspector of the servants of the palace', according to their inscriptions.<br />They date from the fifth pharaonic dynasty, the paper said.<br /><br />The discoveries have all been made during the excavation season, which began in October, said Usama al-Shini, director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities for Giza.<br /><br />The corridor comprises four limestone sarcophagi that contain statuettes of a man, a man accompanied by his son, and two men with a woman.</p>