Archaeologists have discovered a 3,300-year-old tomb outside of Abydos, considered to be one of Egypt's oldest cities.
The entrance to the tomb was once "decorated" by a pyramid, which measured 23 meters high, according to a report by UPI.com.
Inside, the researchers discovered the remains of around three or four men, 2 children, and 10 or 12 women.
"Originally, all you probably would have seen would have been the pyramid and maybe a little wall around the structure just to enclose everything," said Kevin Cahail, a University of Pennsylvania doctoral student who led the study, according to Live Science.
A sandstone sarcophagus has images of a number of Egyptian gods on it and hieroglyphic inscriptions recording spells from the Book of the Dead that helped people enter the afterlife.
No mummies were found in the sarcophagus, and the tomb was" ransacked at least twice in antiquity," according to Live Science.
The location that the archaeologists exposed would have normally resided underneath the surface, leaving just the pyramid side visible.
"Originally, all you probably would have seen would have been the pyramid and maybe a little wall around the structure just to enclose everything," said Cahail.
The pyramid "probably would have had a small mortuary chapel inside of it that may have held a statue or a stela giving the names and titles of the individuals buried underneath," Cahail said, according to Live Science.
Cahail said the tomb was excavated in the summer and winter of 2013.
He will be presenting results at the annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, which will be held in Portland, Ore., from April 4-6.
Since there were more women than men in the tomb, there is a chance that the two man might have had multiple wives.
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