The sculpture — just 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall — depicts a nude man whose torso ... who may have held an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long Egyptian tradition ...

Saqqara is located about 25 miles southwest of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website. It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum ...

Pepi II became king at an early age during the sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt, between 2305 and 2118 B.C., according to Britannica, making the tomb somewhere around 4,000 years old.