The royal tomb of Sobekhotep IV at Abydos

Located at the foot of the Mountain of Anubis, a natural hill in the form of a pyramid, lies Tomb S10 in Abydos, Egypt. This royal tomb dates to the mid-13th Dynasty and is part of a royal necropolis from the late Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Period. While it was unknown until 2015, excavations in 2003 and 2014 made it very likely that the structure was a royal tomb belonging to king Sobekhotep IV.

First excavated from 1901-1902 by Edward Ayrton, Arthur Weigall, and William Petrie, the complex was found heavily looted and disturbed. The structure consists of a rectangular brick walled structure, some 40 m x 30 m (131 ft x 98 ft) in size. At the north side, an entrance leads to a system of underground and limestone paved corridors leading to a heavily destroyed burial chamber. Recent excavations have discovered fragments of a canopic jar, demonstrating that the tomb was once used.

Evidence shows that S10 suffered extensive state-sanctioned stone and grave robbing during the Second Intermediate Period, as well as during the later Roman and Coptic periods. Fragments of a funerary stele found on site bear the name Sobekhotep. Additionally, planks from the cedar coffin from tomb S10 were reused by king Senebkay into a canopic box for his own neighboring burial. Although nothing was found of the superstructure, it is possible that there was a pyramid on top of the tomb, which is located close to the funerary complex of Senusret III of the 12th Dynasty.

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