New Tomb!

We were back to excavating again today.  The days off were very nice, but I was itching to get back at it.  We went looking for new tombs today and had unbelievable success.  The area in which we were searching was very difficult to dig.  There were rocks and vegetation everywhere.  Most of the plants were full of thorns so they were hard to handle.  We persevered and hacked away with a combination of axes, pickaxes, large trowels, and hoes.  Here are the before pictures:

And the after...

That took four people a couple of hours, but the time passed very quickly.  Onto the more exciting bit of the day - the new tomb.  We found and profiled a tomb in this area.  Profiling a tomb simply means that we define the edges around the outside in order to find the limits, but we leave the inside of the tomb filled.  While we were doing this, we realized that it was a very small tomb (only just over a meter in length).  This may mean that it is a child's tomb.  Another interesting aspect is that about 2/3 of the tomb is covered by a lid - something very rare in the necropolis we are excavating.  All of this information is making my mind wander a lot as to what might be underneath, but only time will tell.  Needless to say, I am very excited for the next days of excavation.

Here are a few pictures of the tomb:

This one includes a scale (the red and white stick on the right).  Each new color is 10 cm in length.  The arrow points north.

Here is one of just the tomb:

Well I hope that everyone else has had just as an exciting day as me.

Best,
Adam