Henenu was king’s attendant, overseer of the great house and overseer of horn, hoof, feather and scale of Montuhotep II. At the end of the Eleventh Dynasty, this king unified the whole country. Henenu is one of the earliest high officials attested at Thebes and today we have started the excavation of his tomb.

David and the workers cleaned and started to document shaft 6A and checked passage 6B and the adjacent chamber 6D together with the inspectors. At the same time, Iria registered some finds coming from these areas.

In Ipi’s tomb, one of our workers, Antar, used the big iron nails to help destroy the huge rock that we rolled out of the way the other day. The rock was still occupying the middle of the courtyard of the tomb and it was too dangerous to continue moving it as we were not able to control its trajectory. Thanks to these nails, Antar was able to cut the rock into small pieces, and at last Ipi’s courtyard is free of any rock!

Furthermore, Mohamed continued directing the excavation of the pits that have appeared in Ipi’s courtyard. The main materials emerging from these shafts are made of ceramic, so Bettina’s work is increasing every day!

Carmen registered the finds of the day from the open trenches. Bea and Bettina continued identifying and classifying the ceramics found in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Finally, Reed kept on documenting and treating Henenu’s fragments and assessing the recents finds including ceramics, bones, wooden pieces, textile as well as some unidentified materials.

In the afternoon, we have started the classes of the FSE, FSEI, and the masters degree of the University of Alcalá. Iria and Bea introduced the module of Magic and Religion in ancient Egypt and Iria started the first theme.

Carmen is working hard during her leisure time to learn some Arabic. She notes every Arabic word that she hears from the workers or the Marsam’s waiters in a small notebook that she carries everywhere. At the end of the campaign she is going to become bilingual!