ムハンマド・イブラヒム(Mohamed Ibrahim)考古相は、約3200年前に生存していたビール醸造者Khonso Em Hebの墓の発見は、ルクソール墓地遺跡における最も重要な発見の一つだとしている。
墓の内部にある壁画や天井画、彫像は、家族関係や宗教儀式の様子など古代エジプトの日常生活を詳しく描写している。ラムセス王朝時代に王の貯蔵所も管理していたKhonso Em Hebが、妻と娘と共に神々に供え物をささげる様子を描いたものもある。
考古省によると、発掘調査が完了するまで墓地の周辺には厳重な警備態勢が敷かれるという。
ナイル(Nile)川の両岸に広がり、およそ50万人が暮らしているエジプト南部のルクソールには複雑な構造の寺院やファラオたちの墓のほか、推理作家のアガサ・クリスティ(Agatha Christie)が『ナイルに死す(Death on the Nile)』を書いたとされるウインター・パレス(Winter Palace)ホテルなどの建物もある。(c)AFP
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A Japanese man is walking with a cart 11,000km (6,800 miles) across the length of Africa - only a year after completing a round-the-world trek in the same manner.
Masahito Yoshida, 33, of Tottori left the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday on his journey to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the Japan Times newspaper reports. He's taking everything he needs - around 100kg (220lb) of water, food, cooking utensils and a tent - in a two-wheeled cart that he pulls behind him.
His route will take him through Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania along the way - a journey encompassing deserts, savannah grasslands and high mountains. "I am excited about meeting people and animals in places that will be passed by if you travel by train or bus," Yoshida says.
If he makes it, Yoshida will have added another continent to his current tally of four. The 44,000km round-the-globe trip he finished in June 2013 took him across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Yoshida overcame immigration bureaucracy, theft, and several bouts of heat stroke to complete the journey in 1,621 days. "Sure, there were times that I thought my life was in danger," he says. "But I was also touched by the kindness of people." His goal is to cross every continent on foot.
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