Persian Noblewoman found at Saqarra
The Saqarra tomb found of a Persian Noblewoman:
Was her father was an Egyptian Traitor?
In a re-used tomb built during the reign of Ramses II, (1279 - 1220 bce), using stone stelae from the reign of Djoser, builder of the first pyramid of Ancient Egypt, the step pyramid, an expedition from the Cairo University found the stone sarcophagus of Sekhemet Nefret, a noblewoman from the Persian or 27th Dynasty (525- 402 bce).
Expedition spokesmen speculated that her father, a physcian, apparently assisted the Persians in their Conquest of Egypt in 525.
Noblewoman Nefret’s family had a direct role in that conquest. She was related to Udja Hor Resenet, a physician and scribe. Resenet helped the Persian king Cambyses II conquer Egypt and later tutored the new ruler in Egyptian religion and rituals, according to Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. (–>National
Geopgraphic article)
What do you think?
René
