Ministry said Egyptian antiquities that archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a historical-old about 5600 years in Aswan in southern Egypt. And it includes a tomb and mummy dating back to the pre-Pharaonic family first, giving the discovery of great importance to shed light on the pre-dynastic era. The Minister of Antiquities of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim that this revelation came as a result of work carried out by the English archaeological mission in cooperation with the Department of Egyptian Antiquities. The Ministry of Egyptian Antiquities in a statement that the tomb built before the reign of King Narmer founder of the first family who unified the country and Egypt (both Upper and sea) in the 31 th century BC.

The tomb was discovered in the area of ​​the Red Koum between Luxor and Aswan, in the city of Harakounboles archaeological site, or the city of Falcon, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt in a timely manner. The ministry statement added that the archaeologists found an ivory statue of a bearded man and the owner of the mummy tomb, which he appeared to have died in the late twenties

Archaeologists also found 10 ivory combs as well as other tools and the extent of heads and arrows. Says Renee Friedman Head of Mission archaeological excavation The Alqbralve keeping well, will provide new information about the rituals that were prevalent in the pre-dynastic period. The tomb of King Narmer and Ka King, two of the founders of the Pharaohs in the pre-dynastic period and paved the way for the unification of Egypt in the age of the Pharaohs, discovered in the city of Harakounboles earlier.

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