The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" and "chief dentist"

A 4,000-year-old tomb in Egypt once held the body of a royal magician. In that early era, he also served as a priest and a doctor.

Sifting through the sands of the Egyptian desert, archaeologists looked for the telltale signs of ancient ruins. One ancient “well” caught their attention — and turned out to be the entrance of a forgotten tomb.

New discoveries, including structures and artifacts, were made in Egypt's Saqqara archaeological site, an archaeological mission announced

Archeologists have recently unearthed the 4,000-year-old tomb of an Egyptian physician at the famed Saqqara cemetery located 40 km southwest of Cairo. The mastaba tomb belonged to a royal doctor who was also a magician.

“A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has uncovered the mastaba tomb of a royal physician named ‘Teti Neb Fu’ in the southern part of Saqqara, dating back to the Old Kingdom during the reign of King Pepi II,” the ministry announced in a Jan. 6 Facebook post.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian who treated pharaohs more than 4,000 years ago. The well-preserved burial site belonged to Teti Neb Fu, believed to have been a doctor to the royal family.