He Was Never King, So Why Was He Buried Like One?

He Was Never King, So Why Was He Buried Like One? In 2019, archaeologists uncovered Khuwy's extraordinary tomb at South Saqqara. He wasn't a pharaoh, yet his tomb used royal-style architecture and preserved remarkable decoration. Why was he buried like a king? History Unburied explores the mystery. #AncientEgypt #Saqqara #HistoryUnburied VISUAL CREDITS Ad Meskens — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Egyptian_Fragment_of_Tomb_Relief.JPG Jeff Carter — CC BY archive.org/details/AncientRuinsAndChangingSky MariyaShubina — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archaeological_field_work.jpg Neithsabes — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Neues_Museum_-_Trauer_Relief_detail_1.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Neues_Museum_-_Trauer_Relief_detail_2.jpg Udimu — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burial_chamber_of_Desheri.jpg Vincent Brown — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burial_Chamber_Wall_of_Unas%E2%80%99_Pyramid.jpg Carole Raddato — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Causeway_leading_to_the_pyramid_of_Unas,_Saqqara,_Egypt_(50600787218).jpg IssamBarhoumi — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caveaux_Fun%C3%A9raires_de_DJBEL_khaoui.ogv Ernesto Graf — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dashur_and_South-Saqqara_pyramids.jpg Alexandre DeZotti — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_of_paintings_from_the_Tomb_of_Nebamun_-_animals_from_the_hunting_scene.jpg Didia — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Djedkare-Isesi-09.jpg María Valero García — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolmen_de_Soto.webm Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:False_door_and_architrave_of_Ptahspepses.jpg Francesco Gasparetti — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Gaspa_-_Saqqara,_geroglifici.jpg ArchaiOptix — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragmentary_tomb_reliefs_from_Saqqara_showing_offering_bearers_03.jpg Deror avi — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garden_Tomb_1190176.ogv James Meek — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geophys_at_Pembroke_Castle.webm Douwe C. van der Zee — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_-_Pyramid_of_Khufu.jpg Jorge Láscar — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_the_Red_Pyramid_-_The_61m._long_passage_leading_to_the_master_chamber_(14795442922).jpg Andrew Currie — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khufu_Pyramid_-_King%27s_Chamber.jpg 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤 — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C4%B1z%C4%B1l_Piramit_i%C3%A7eri_ini%C5%9F.webm Eranf — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lazarus_Tomb_Bethany.ogv Sauvageot Camille — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_pyramides_de_G%C3%AEseh_-_AI13404.webm Mike McBey — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_upwards,_along_the_Grand_Gallery,_inside_the_Great_Pyramid_1984_(50535456558).jpg Jorge Láscar — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Massive_corbel-vaulted_ceiling_of_the_Red_Pyramid%27s_Main_burial_chamber_(14609359948).jpg Xosé Calvo — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MastabaCorteTransversal.png CT Snow — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menkaure-pyramid_descending_passage.jpg SpeakingArch — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miniature_Chapel_from_Tomb_3513,_Saqqara,_Old_Kingdom,_Birmingham_Museum,_UK_and_Art_Gallery.jpg Leon Petrosyan — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_in_Saqqara_2.jpg Gary Ku — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg Aidan McRae Thomson — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_Texts_in_Unas%E2%80%99_Pyramid_2017.jpg Isewell — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids.ogv Elchin Ahmadov — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Religious_drawings_and_writings_made_by_ancient_people_on_stones.webm Rama — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_couple-MAHG_12440-0001-0250.ogv LBM1948 — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saqqara_1999_13.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saqqara,_Unas_1999_01.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saqqara,_Unas_1999_02.jpg Colleenmorgan — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scientists_Sort_Through_Samples_of_Archaeological_Material.jpg Hans Otten — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Monastery_-_Petra,_Jordan_(video_of_September_2009).webm Humanity — CC BY-SA archive.org/details/the-pyramid-texts-inscribed-on-the-walls-of-unas-s-burial-chamber-endlos Prof. Mortel — CC BY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valley_Temple_of_Unas_at_Saqqara,_2375-2345_BCE_(2).jpg Juandev — CC BY-SA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C5%BDidovsk%C3%BD_h%C5%99bitov_u_T%C5%99ebotova,_n%C3%A1hrobn%C3%AD_deska.ogv