Inside the Tomb…

When my students and I left Beirut behind to explore the tombs of King Abi-shemu and his son Ipy-shemu-abi in Byblos, they asked to take a groupie underground. These deep, overgrown tombs are directly related to ancient Egypt, since an obsidian ointment vase with the cartouche of Amenemhet III was found in Abi-shemu’s tomb, and an obsidian incense box from Amenemhet IV was discovered in the tomb of his son…