Tomb of Ptahmes
The Tomb of Ptahmes is a sepulchre in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Located on the side of the Pyramid of Unas, it was built in the 13th century BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt.[1] The tomb belonged to Ptahmes, a high-ranking official under pharaoh Seti I and his successor Ramesses II.
Discovery
The tomb was discovered by treasure hunters in 1885. Most of the tomb's artifacts ended up in museums in the
Several broken jars were found on the site. In some of them the contained solidified material was analyzed through advanced proteomic techniques by scientists of the University of Catania in Italy in collaboration with the archaeologists of the Cairo University. The results showed that the content was probably a hard cheese of bovine and sheep-goat origin. At the time of analyses, it was found to be the oldest solid cheese ever discovered and analyzed with modern scientific and technical protocols. This makes the site notable in the history of the evolution of food technology.[2][3]
Layout
The tomb is over 70 meters long and features several chapels. During the
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References
- ^ a b c Williams 2010.
- ^ Greco 2018.
- ^ Whipple 2018.
Sources
- Greco, Enrico (25 July 2018). "Proteomic Analyses on an Ancient Egyptian Cheese and Biomolecular Evidence of Brucellosis". Analytical Chemistry. .
- Whipple, Tom (17 August 2018). "Pharaoh's big cheese was dying for a snack". The Times. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- Williams, Sean (1 June 2010). "Lost tomb of ancient Egyptian official Ptahmes re-discovered". The Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2015.