A new Tomb of Shedsu-Djehuty at Dra Abu el-Naga .Luxor .Egypt

An Egyptian archaeological team working at Dra Abu el-Naga (Luxor's western bank) unearthed, to the north of the tomb TT255 de RoyTT255 of Roy, the biggest 'saff' tomb ever found. The discovery was made after removing the debris that accumulated as a result of successive excavations. The tomb does not belongShedsu-Djehuty, who held many titles including Mayor, Royal Seal Bearer of Upper and Lower Egypt, and Prince.
As the team worked to remove the rubble on the site, it came across a complete compartment made of adobe with its well inside the courtyard of the cemetery, probably from the Ramessid period. Moreover, six more tombs have been spotted underneath the courtyard.

German archaeologist Frederica Kampp, the go-to person for tomb registration, said a 55-meter-wide courtyard leads to the tomb, which has 18 entrances. It is thus the first tomb discovered in Thebes necropolis to have such a big number of entrances. The tomb has two 11-meter-deep wells to its northern and southern corners, she added. Kampp also made it clear that the graveyard dates back to the 17th Dynasty and was re-used in the early 18th Dynasty until the era of Queen Hatshepsut.
Pots and ushabti figurines made of faience, clay and wood were also unearthed, as were canopic jars and an anthropoid cartonage sarcophagus.
From the (very) few pictures published, it is impossible to know the state of conservation of the wall decoration. However, the walls of this corridor do not seem to have preserved any decoration; or only a few fragments (long hall). But Waziri describes hunting and fishing scenes, boat building … and said that the discovery will undoubtly change the archaeological and historical map of the site of Dra Abu el-Naga.to a king, but to a very high official called

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