Shipwrecks & Lost Worlds - Hemamieh: cemeteries of nomarchs and prehistoric cultures

On the east bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt lies Hemamieh, an essential site for understanding ancient funerary traditions. Between 1922 and 1931, British archaeologists excavated roughly ten thousand tombs across a thirty-six-kilometre corridor. At Hemamieh, researchers discovered prehistoric burials from the Badari culture alongside rock-cut Old Kingdom tombs constructed for nomarchs of the Wadjit-nome. Among these, the best-preserved chamber belonged to Kaikhenet the Second, an official who lived at the dawn of the Fifth Dynasty.

Source: Wikipedia