The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. The tomb belonged to a prince named “Userefre” or “Waser Ef Ra,” the son of King Userkaf.

The tomb was concealed by a "massive false door," according to Egyptian officials, and was made of pink granite. The door measures roughly 14 feet high and roughly 3.7 feet wide.

A joint Egyptian archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Dr. Zahi Hawass Foundation for Heritage has revealed an exceptional discovery in the Saqqara necropolis: the ...

A joint Egyptian mission, led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage, uncovered the tomb of Prince Userefre, the son of King Userkaf, the first ...

In addition, the mission found a group of 13 statues carved from pink granite in the tomb—the first of their kind in Saqqara—placed on high-backed chairs. Among them are statue heads believed to ...

The tomb is believed to belong to Prince Waserif-Re, son of King Userkaf, the founder of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, which dates back more than 4,400 years. Little was previously known about the prince.

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

[1/4]Field work takes place near the site where the tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king was discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and Egyptian ...

Archaeologists have found a pharaoh’s tomb near Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the country’s ministry of antiquities announced this week, in what officials called the first excavation of a ...

Egyptian and British archaeologists have discovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II near the West Bank of the Nile River in Egypt. It's the first such royal tomb discovery since 1922.