Southern Tombs Cemetery

The Southern Tomb Cemetery, the burial of low status individuals from the city of Akhenaten (the modern city of Amarna), is located close to the southern tombs of the Nobles.[1]

Discovery

This cemetery, together with several other disturbed cemeteries, was discovered in 2007, by the continuing EES exploration discovered the cemetery, during the desert GPS survey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Barry Kemp. "SOUTH TOMBS Cemetery". The Amarna Project. The Amarna Project. http://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/recent_projects/excavation/south_tombs_cemetery/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-23. 
  2. ^ John Hayes-Fisher (2008-01-25). "Grim secrets of Pharaoh's city". BBC Timewatch. news.bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7209472.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-01.