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\n\tArchaeologists working in Upper Egypt discovered two tombs dating to the Early Dynastic period, both of them at the fabled location known as Gabal El-Teir\u2014or, as translated from Arabic, \u201cMountain of the Birds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe tombs date from 3100 to 2686 B.C.E. and \u201cwill allow researchers to trace the development of funerary architecture,\u201d according to Archaeology Magazine<\/em>, which noted that thick walls at the bottom that taper toward the top of the structures could represent an early stage in the development of pyramids.<\/p>\n \n\tAs reported by Ahram Online<\/em>, \u201cThe first early Dynastic tomb represents a rare architectural model distinguished by its unique geometric design, while the second tomb closely mirrors it in layout and is notably better preserved.\u201d The publication cited Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary-General of Egypt\u2019s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), describing the discovery as similar to the storied tomb of King Den in Abydos and pointing out that \u201cthis resemblance underscores the archaeological importance of the Gabal El-Teir site and reinforces its status as a major necropolis used continuously from the Predynastic through to the Late Period.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tStone blocks appear to have been removed from one of the tombs in later periods. But \u201cthe remaining sections have preserved valuable evidence of ancient construction techniques, including oxide lines that reveal precise stone-cutting methods, as well as large wooden supports used to reinforce the walls.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahram Online<\/em> noted that \u201cexcavations are ongoing at Gabal El-Teir, with archaeologists expecting further discoveries that will continue to illuminate the site\u2019s historical and cultural significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/egyptian-archaeologists-tombs-pyramids-1234790127\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41_2026-639175566004391058-439.jpg?w=800″] Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt discovered two tombs dating to the Early Dynastic period, both of them at the fabled location known as Gabal El-Teir\u2014or, as translated from Arabic, \u201cMountain of the Birds.\u201d The tombs date from 3100 to 2686 B.C.E. and \u201cwill allow researchers to trace the development of funerary architecture,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-2009589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2009589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2009589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2009589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2009589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}