CAIR0.- A team of Belgian archaeologists from Leuven Catholic University found an intact tomb of an Egyptian courtier that lived around 4,000 years ago. This is one of the best preserved tombs of its time. The team was excavating a later burial site at the Deir al-Barsha necropolis near the Nile Valley town of Minya, south of Cairo.

The tomb belonged to estate manager and high-ranking official Henu. Henu's mummy was found wrapped in linen in a large wooden coffin and a decorated sarcophagus with hieroglyphic texts addressed to the gods Anubis and Osiris.

According to a the Culture Ministry, the tomb contained well-preserved painted wooden statuettes of workers making bricks, women making beer and pounding cereal, and a model of a boat with rowers.