The tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian queen, has allegedly been identifed as the tomb of Pharaoh Neferefre's wife. This new information has been revealed by Czech archaeologists following their study in an ancient Egyptian funeral complex.

The tomb is in Abu-Sir, south-west of Cairo, and is believed to belong to the wife or mother of Pharaoh Neferefre, as per Egyptian officials. Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty has indicated that her name was Khentakawess, as that name has been found inscribed on a wall in the necropolis.

In the opinion of Damaty, this would make her Khentakawess III because two previous queens with the same name have already been identified.

Incidentally, Miroslav Barta, head of the Czech Institute of Egyptology mission which made the discovery, has stated that from the location of the queen's tomb, the team concluded that she was the wife of the pharaoh. The Czech archaeologists have also found about 30 utensils made of limestone and copper in the tomb.

The minister has also clarified that this new find would "help us shed light on certain unknown aspects of the Fifth Dynasty, which along with the Fourth Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids." Abu-Sir was used as a cemetery in the Old Kingdom for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.