During the work, I kept thinking of Ahmed Fakhry's words that were written in his book about Baharia. He said that he hoped that the tomb of the governor of Baharia, Zed-Khonsu-ef-ankh, would be discovered. We know about this governor from the temples of Ain-El-Medftela where he built chapels with his brother to the Kings Apries and Ahmose II of Dynasty 26. The chapels were found in 1900 by the German scholar Georg Steindorff. In one of these chapels, Zed-Khonsu is shown as the second priest and the third priest of Amon. The governor is depicted equal in size to that of the king, showing that he was an important man and could be the second after the king. This is also why we believe that he took the position of vizier. The name of his father, Badi Isis, and his brother, Shepen-Khonsu, who was a governor of Baharia, were also mentioned. Thus the whole family lived in Baharia and should be buried there. However, I never thought that the tomb of Zed-Khonsu would be discovered.

Then, one week, later, when the tombs were consolidated and the house of the poor lady was demolished, I entered the tomb. When I entered the burial chamber, I saw a very large anthropoid sarcophagus. I will never forget that moment. The burial chamber was very small but a beautiful sarcophagus was found inside. At that moment of discovery, I felt as though arrows of fire were attacking me. My eyes were closed, and I could not breath because of bad smell. I looked into the room and discovered a very thick yellow powder around the anthropoid sarcophagus. I cold not walk and did not read the name of the owner. I ran back out because of this smell.

We brought masks for the workers who began to remove the material. I found out that it was hematite, quarried nearby in Baharia. But why this material was there, I could not understand. Its function was unclear.

I could not wait to know the name of the owner of the tomb. I went inside with the archaeologists, my assistant, Mahmoud, Mansour and Tarek. We found a long line of hieroglyphic inscriptions extending from the chest to the end of the sarcophagus. We were in a hurry to clean the surface and could hardly read the name Zed-Khonsu ef-ankh. We all screamed and could not believe that we had discovered what Fakhry had dreamed of discovering. We also found all his titles as priest of Amoun and other gods, including Isis. We found the goddess Isis represented on the right side of the sarcophagus and the god Osiris on the left; the same scene was even shown on the back of the head.

I will never forget this moment all my life as an archeologist because the excitement reached a peak. We finished our work by the end of May, and as it started to be hot, we decided to stop the excavation but we could smile at the thought that the tombs of his brother, father and mother still remained to be discovered. We will resume excavation in October and I am sure that Baharia will reveal many more secrets.