The “extraordinary” tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian woman has been discovered 4,000 years after her death.

On October 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced on Facebook that the grave of the daughter of the former governor of the Assiut region had been discovered in a cemetery on the western Mount of Assiut, about 240 miles south of Cairo.

Named “Idi”, the woman was found buried in a pair of highly decorated coffins stacked on top of each other, the Smithsonian Review and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. She lived during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (2030 to 1640 BC) and died around the age of 40, according to Live Science.

“Finding two intact coffins from the Middle Kingdom is extraordinary,” said UCLA Egyptologist Kathlyn Cooney. Science Live.

The hieroglyphs on the coffins also call Idi the “lady of the house”, added Wolfram Grajetzki of University College London.

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In their Facebook post, Egyptian authorities said Idi was the only daughter of the governor of the Assiut region “during the reign of King Snosert I, known as ‘Jfay-Habi.’ »

It adds that the governor was “one of the most important rulers of the territories of ancient Egypt” and that the father and daughter were buried in “the largest non-royal cemetery in Egypt at that time.”

“Preliminary examination work of the woman’s skull and skeletal remains indicated that she died very young before the age of 40 and that she suffered from a congenital foot defect,” the statement added. Facebook.

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According to Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), the mission also found that Idi’s burial chamber was “about 15 meters (40 feet) deep on the northern side, in which there were two coffins, one inside the other, entirely engraved on the inside and outside with texts recounting the journey of arrival.

While the small coffin was 7.5 feet long, the large coffin was 8.5 feet long. It was also discovered that “in ancient times” thieves had entered the room and tore and removed Idi’s mummy.

“Cleaning work and scientific studies of the bones will continue to reveal more information about this governor and his daughter, as well as the historical era in which they lived,” the statement concluded.

“Mr. Sharif Fathi, Minister of Tourism and Archaeology, appreciated the efforts of Egyptian archaeological missions to reveal more secrets of ancient Egyptian history, emphasizing that the ministry will provide full support to these missions, thus contributing to the accomplishment of their work in the best way,” wrote the Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities.