Burial In Ancient Egypt

The tomb of Sennedjem also at Deir El—Madineh (19th dynasty) revealed 20 bodies in addition to the tomb owner and his children. Among these bodies are three infants who were identified as members of the next generation. It seems that the case of the infants here and that of Tutankhamun’s tomb, are the only one found buried inside the tomb of their families. As long as the workmen Sennefer was thought to be a contemporary to Tutankhamun, the researcher can assume that during the reign of this king, a new custom appeared which is considering the infant as being an individual and treating his body as that of an adult who is preferred to be buried in the tomb of his parents to take advantage of the tomb scenes that would help him in crossing to

Here arises a question: was the intramural burial a habit adopted by the Egyptians? The researcher refuses this probability. Although the intramural burial in ancient Egypt can be traced back to the 5th – 4th millennium BC; there are infant burials in cemeteries date back to the same previous period such as that of Adaima, and Riqqa. Thus, it seems that in the same period, some buried their infants within the settlements and others buried them in graves in the

Legal papyri and temple lists show that Asiatics were employed at building works in the temples and in domestic service. It’s also possible that a group of Minoan workmen (from Crete) may have been employed on the construction of the Lahun pyramid or engaged in producing goods for the royal funerary treasures. Other workers may have come from Cyprus and were responsible for the presence of the foreign ware found in the city. Thus, the immigrants at Lahun were either traders who decided to stay and settle, or artisans whose skills were welcomed, or those who brought to Egypt as prisoners of