Archaeologists identify owner of 3,000-year-old Luxor tomb

CAIRO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian-Canadian archaeological team has identified the owner of a 3,000-year-old tomb in Luxor, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday.

The tomb, known as Kampp 23 and first discovered in the 1970s in the Asasif area, belonged to Amun-Mes, who served as mayor of Thebes during the Ramesside period, the ministry said in a statement.