Overview
- A Leiden University archaeological mission working at Sheikh Abd el‑Qurna announced on Sunday that it uncovered a near‑3,000‑year‑old private tomb on Luxor’s West Bank during the current excavation season.
- Inscriptions inside the rock‑cut chapel identify the occupant as Paser and painted scenes show him worshipping deities and seated with his wife before an offering table.
- Specialists date the decoration and carving style to the Ramesside period (19th–20th dynasties), and officials say the monument matches New Kingdom private tomb plans with an open forecourt, an inverted T chapel and underground burial chambers.
- Excavators and Egypt’s antiquities authorities are continuing systematic recording, epigraphic study and conservation work and have flagged the tomb’s vulnerability to flash flooding as a priority risk to manage.
- The tomb is part of the Theban Necropolis near other New Kingdom tombs and its announcement follows a wider push by Egyptian authorities to document finds and promote archaeological tourism; some reports of high civic titles for Paser remain preliminary pending full study.