Almost 3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt

PHYSorg ^ | January 16, 2012 | AFP

[SunkenCiv]

Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said on Sunday.

The rare find was made accidentally by a team from Switzerland's Basel University headed by Elena Pauline-Grothe and Susanne Bickel in Karnak, near Luxor in Upper Egypt, the minister told the media in Cairo.

The woman, Nehmes Bastet, was a singer for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the Twenty-Second Dynasty (945-712 BC), according to an inscription on a wooden plaque found in the tomb.

She was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon, Ibrahim said.

The discovery is important because "it shows that the Valley of the Kings was also used for the burial of ordinary individuals and priests of the Twenty-Second Dynasty," he added.

Until now the only tombs found in the historic valley were those linked to ancient Egyptian royal families.

[Vinnie]

I'll never forgive you for that pic!!!

[SunkenCiv]

“Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra means...”

[dljordan]

The one on the left! Oh yes!

[wildbill]

“A woman should look, smell and feel like her natural self, all over”

That sounds fishy to me.

[SunkenCiv]

Nany of the 22nd Dynasty is called that to differentiate her from the Nany of each of the 21 preceding dynasties. And like Cher, she was known by her first name only.

[SunkenCiv]

I don't blame ya a bit.

[Ezekiel]

Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said on Sunday.

She was replaced by a better act:

Steve Martin - King Tut (Live 1979)

[Daffynition]

Was she fat?

[Lancey Howard]

Reminds me of the old blind city gentleman who walked past the fish stand, tipped his hat, and said, “Good morning, ladies.”

[Lancey Howard]

[Ezekiel]

Poor little brokenhearted pup. The rest of 'em were playing on the couch.

[Ezekiel]

If the muu muu don’t fit
You must not sit.

[Daffynition]

[SunkenCiv]

Doesn’t matter, she’s *over*.

;’)

Rodney: “I’ve been dating this woman, but ooh is she fat.”

Crowd: “How fat is she?”

Rodney: “I met her at the Macy’s parade. She was wearing ropes.”