- THE TOMB of NIANKHKHNUM and KHNUMHOTEP illustration from photograph 1999 Greg Reeder In 1964 in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, Egyptian archaeologist Ahmed Moussa discovered a series of tombs with rock-cut passages in the escarpment facing the causeway that lead to the pyramid of Unas. Soon after the Chief Inspector Mounir Basta reported crawling on his hands and knees through the passages, ...www.egyptology.com/niankhkhnum_khnumhotep