Life in the Old Kingdom 明らかにする／漏らすd: 4,300-year-old 絵 描写するing everyday scenes 設立する in tomb 近づく 広大な／多数の／重要な Pyramid of Giza

• Archaeologists have 設立する a 以前 hidden 絵 in an 古代の tomb
• 設立する 近づく Cairo in Egypt the tomb belongs to a 'priest' 指名するd Persaneb
  
• Tomb has been known of for centuries but the 絵 has just been 設立する
  
• It was buried beneath すす and other 破片 from 汚染 and occupants
  
• The 絵 描写するs what life was like 4,300 years ago in Egypt
  
• It shows boats sailing south on the Nile and also 農業の images
• The 絵 could also have 象徴的な meaning for life in 古代の Egypt
  

By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Published: 17:13 BST, 16 July 2014 | Updated: 17:30 BST, 16 July 2014

A 4,300 year-old 塀で囲む 絵 has been 設立する in a tomb for a ‘priest’ in Egypt.

The find was made about 1,000 feet (300 metres) to the east of the 広大な／多数の／重要な Pyramid of Giza, 含む／封じ込めるing depictions of 古代の life.

It was 設立する と一緒に statues that 示すd the occupant was an important individual.

A 塀で囲む 絵, dating 支援する over 4,300 years, has been discovered in a tomb (pictured) 位置を示すd just east of the 広大な／多数の／重要な Pyramid of Giza. The 絵 shows vivid scenes of life, 含むing boats sailing south on the Nile River, a bird 追跡（する）ing trip in a 沼 and a man 指名するd Perseneb with his wife and dog

The tomb is thought to have been built about 2450 to 2350 BC in the middle or late fifth 王朝, a time within the Old Kingdom, Egypt's first 支えるd period of civilisation.

Tombs of this sort were created for important indivudals during the Old Kingdom from about 2650 to 2150 BC.

This is also the perod when the Giza pyramids were built.

Although the tomb was 初めは 設立する in the 19th century, it was not until 最近の 復古／返還 work by ロシアの archaeologists that the 絵 was discovered.

‘Known since the 19th century, the [tomb] could hardly 現在の any new 主要な／長／主犯 features,’ Maksim Lebedev of the ロシアの 明言する／公表する University for Humanities told Live Science.

‘Therefore, it was a real surprise to discover an Old Kingdom 絵 on the eastern 塀で囲む of the central room.'

The team will 解放（する） その上の images of the 絵 in the coming weeks as more of it is 明らかにする／漏らすd.

Made of white plaster it had been covered by すす and dirt, from not only nearby industrialisation but also people living in the tomb.

にもかかわらず only 30 per cent 存在 保存するd, 研究員s were able to recreate the scenes that were left, with a hint of 象徴的な meaning.

Archaeologists have 設立する thew 以前 hidden 絵 in an 古代の tomb 近づく Cairo in Egypt. The tomb belongs to a 'priest' 指名するd Persaneb. It has been known of for centuries but the 絵 has only just been 設立する as it was buried beneath すす and dirt

The 絵 描写するs what life was like 4,300 years ago in Egypt. It shows boats sailing south on the Nile and also 農業の images. The 絵 could also have 象徴的な meaning for life in 古代の Egypt. Inside the tomb were also 設立する statues of the 'priest' 含むing his wife and what looks like a dog (pictured)

At the 最高の，を越す of the 絵 ships sail south on the Nile, かもしれない 先触れ（する）ing the return of a person of 力／強力にする from the north, which 代表するs a person's high status.

Other parts of the 絵 shown 農業の scenes such as 骨折って進むing and （種を）蒔くing.

And one part shows Perseneb with his wife and what appears to be his dog, while another section seems to show a 沼 scene where a man on a boat is bird 追跡（する）ing.

正確に／まさに who Perseneb’s position was in 古代の Egypt, however, is unknown, although inscriptions 示す he was a 'priest' and a 'steward'.

Tombs of this sort were usually made for important individuals, 特に ones with statues, so it is likely he was someone of some stature.

There are three rooms in the tomb - an 申し込む／申し出ing room, central room and burial 議会 - and 11 法令s are strewn across the rooms showing Perseneb and his family.

The tomb is thought to have been built about 2450 to 2350 BC in the middle or late fifth 王朝, a time within the Old Kingdom, Egypt's first 支えるd period of civilisation. Tombs of this sort were created for important individuals during the Old Kingdom from about 2650 to 2150 BC, also when the Giza pyramids were built