Saqqara: season 2017

The western bank of the Dry Moat continued to be the main target of investigations in the 2017 eld season, uncovering another section of the Upper Necropolis in front of Chapel 13 and exploring the burial chamber of Chapel 32 situated below that of Ikhi/Mery. The latter work resulted in the discovery of an intact burial of an anonymous Fifth Dynasty of cial. Conservation work remained an important part of the program.