埃及发掘4400年古代女祭司墓

The tomb found near Cairo is adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess, Hetpet, in a variety of scenes.

在开罗附近发现的古墓中有保存完好的稀有壁画，描绘的是各种场景中的女祭司，赫特彼。

Hetpet was a priestess to the goddess of fertility Hathor, who assisted women in childbirth.

赫特彼是生育女神哈索尔的女祭司，她帮助妇女分娩。

It was found during excavations near the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt’s antiquities ministry says.

埃及古物部说，这是在吉萨大金字塔附近古墓挖掘过程中发现的。

This site, in Giza’s western cemetery, housed officials from the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty, some of which have already been dug up since 1842.

这个遗址位于吉萨的西部墓园，这里埋葬的官员均来自古王国的第五王朝，其中一些墓葬自1842年就已经挖掘过。

"We know of course that she was a high official and that she had a strong link with the royal palace," Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said, describing Hetpet on Saturday.

埃及文物部长哈里得·艾·阿纳利说:“我们当然知道她是古代的一名高级官员，她与王室有密切的联系。”

The tomb "has the architectural style and the decorative elements of the Fifth Dynasty, with an entrance leading to an ’L’ shaped shrine," the ministry said.The wall paintings inside were in "a very good conservation condition depicting Hetpet standing in different hunting and fishing scenes or... receiving offerings from her children".

“古墓”有自身的建筑风格和第五王朝的装饰元素，有一个入口通向一个“L”形的神社，”考古部的人说。里面的壁画是“保存完好，描绘的是不同狩猎和捕鱼场景中的赫特彼，或她收到来自子民的礼物的场景。”

Scenes of music and dancing performances, as well as monkeys featured as domestic animals were also depicted.

此外，还描绘了奏乐和舞蹈表演的场景，以及把猴子作为家畜的场景。

One wall painting shows a monkey dancing in front of an orchestra.

一幅壁画上画着一只猴子在管弦乐队前跳舞。

"Such scenes are rare... and have only been found previously in the (Old Kingdom) tomb of ’Ka-Iber’ where a painting shows a monkey dancing in front of a guitarist not an orchestra," Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told AFP news agency.

“这样的场景很少见…在“卡伊伯”(古王国)的古墓中，有一幅画展示了一只猴子在一名吉他手面前跳舞，而不是一个管弦乐队，“古文物最高委员会的穆斯塔法·瓦兹里告诉法新社。

Minister Anani said he was hopeful of further discoveries at the site, which is located about 20km (12 miles) south of Cairo.

阿纳尼部长说，他觉得很有希望在开罗南部大约20公里(12英里)处的遗址有进一步的发现。

"We’re going to continue digging in this area and I believe that very soon we’re going to discover something."

“我们将继续在这个领域进行挖掘，我相信很快我们就会有新发现。”