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The mighty ancient Egypt is not just about the great pharaohs, queens and wars. It is also about hundreds of officials who helped the monarch to run this powerful empire. Not much is known about these officials. Now archaeologists have found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a man called Mehtjetju -- an official who professes to have access to “secret” royal documents -- states a report in livescience.com. The location of this tomb is next to the Djoser’s Step Pyramid, which was built 4,700 years ago in Saqqara. The hieroglyphs in the tomb as per Kamil Kuraszkiewicz in a statement said: "The dignitary bore the name Mehtjetju and was, among other things, an official with access to royal sealed — that is secret — documents.” Kamil Kuraszkiewicz is a professor at the University of Warsaw's faculty of Oriental Studies. Finding the tomb of an official next to the Step Pyramid – the first one to be constructed by the ancient Egyptians -- is not strange. The reason is that Djoser "was an...

The space dagger -- made with meteorites’ rocks -- entombed with King Tutankhamen has always been an enigma for historians and archaeologists. Now a new study brings to the fore several interesting aspects about this captivating artefact says a report in sciencealert.com. Using modern scientific tools like high-resolution photography and X-rays for analysis has unveiled the type of meteorite used to make the dagger and how it was made. Interestingly, the research also suggested that the dagger may not have been made in Egypt and was gifted to King Tutankhamen or one of his ancestors. Also read:  Ancient Egyptians celebrated peace and prosperity of King Amenhotep III in grand style Sharing details of the study, Tomoko Arai, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan’s planetary scientist told Gizmodo: "To understand the manufacture and origin of the dagger, we conducted on-site non-contact, non-destructive two-dimensional chemical analysis for the dagger. We noticed a cross-hatched text...