Rock-Cut Tomb GE 89 Recently Excavated at Giza

The rock tomb GE 89 was discovered during the GPR survey of the area in the extreme eastern edge of the Eastern Necropolis at Giza, northwest from the rock tomb of Kakherptah (GE 7721). GE 89 is an L-shaped tomb, with a layout similar to G 7721; it consists of two rooms separated by pillars. Four rock-cut statues were revealed on the southern wall of room A; the contours of false doors, and one preserved offering slab on the second false door were attested in room B on the western wall. The tomb owner and his wife are depicted sitting at the offering table on the offering slab. The ceramic sherds that filled the offering room of the tomb testify to its reuse in the fourth century BC. The initial construction of the tomb dates to the 5 th Dynasty; however, no burials have been excavated from that period. [Formula: see text]