Bawiti

El-Bawiti (Arabic: الباويطي, al-Bāwīṭī, from Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲏⲧ, lit.

On a low ridge overlooking El-Bawiti are a pair of nicely decorated underground tombs of the 26th Dynasty, a high time in Bahariya Oasis.

The tombs, belonging to the wealthy local merchants Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh and his son Banentiu, have an inner court with 4 columns and up to 7 side chambers.

[2] The tomb of Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh has colorful pictures of the gods carrying out the mortuary rituals.

The columns of the tomb of Banentiu are painted with deities and the ceiling has a winged sun-disk.