In Search of Lost Pharaohs

Features July/August 2025

Anubis Mountain conceals the tombs of an obscure Egyptian dynasty
Photos by Josef W. Wegner for the Penn Museum
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At the base of a pyramid-shaped peak in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos lies the tomb of an unknown pharaoh. After decades of ex- cavations at the site, and con-sidering the Egyptians’ usually meticulous recordkeeping, it might seem implausible that any of these ancient rulers and their hidden burials remain to be unearthed. But, a team led by Egyptologist Josef Wegner of the Penn Museum has made just such a discovery in the royal necropolis at Anubis Mountain, which the Egyptians named af

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