Female singer's 3,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
The 3,000-year-old tomb of a female singer was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, it was announced.
Swiss archaeologists came across the resting place of Nehmes Bastet by accident, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim told reporters Sunday in Cairo, according to the Al Ahram newspaper.
An inscription found on a wooden plaque on the tomb said that she was the daughter of the High Priest of Amon and sang for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the 22nd Dynasty, which reigned between 945 and 712 BC....