FOR THE FIRST TIME OLDEST TOMB IN LUXOR IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
One of the earliest tombs ever discovered in Luxor has recently undergone restoration and is open to the public.
Meru, a high-ranking officer in the court of 11th Dynasty King Mentuhotep II, who ruled until 2004 BC, had his tomb in the Middle Kingdom. The tomb was repaired by the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw and Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. It is situated at the necropolis of North Asasif on the West Bank of Luxor.
The tomb is currently the oldest site on the West Bank of Luxor that is open to the public. One of Meru’s tomb’s hallways leads to an offering chapel with a niche for a statue of the deceased, a burial shaft that descends to a chamber with a sarcophagus, and the procession avenue to Mentuhotep II’s temple.
