Sheretnebty was an ancient Egyptian princess of the

Fifth Dynasty The Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty V) is often combined with Dynasties III, IV and VI under the group title the Old Kingdom. The Fifth Dynasty pharaohs reigned for approximately 150 years, from the early 25th century BC until ...

with the title ''king's daughter of his body, his beloved''. Archaeologists from the Czech Institute of Egyptology unearthed her tomb in 2012, in the

Abusir Abusir ( ar, ابو صير ; Egyptian ''pr wsjr'' cop, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ ' "the House or Temple of Osiris"; grc, Βούσιρις) is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality – specifically, an extensive necropolis o ...

region, south of

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

. Her burial was found within the rock cut tomb most likely belonging to her husband. His name is lost. In the complex were found six burial shafts. The biggest one most likely belonged to the husband of the princess. The second shaft was about 10 meters deep with an unfinished burial chamber on the west. Here were found the human remains of a woman, most likely Sheretnebty. She was about 25 to 40 years old when she died.Hana Vymazalová: ''Exploration of the burial apartements in tomb complex AS 68, Preliminary report of the 2013 fall season'', in ''Prague Egyptological Studies'', XV (2015), p. 50-57

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Princesses of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt 26th-century BC women 25th-century BC women {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub