Qar was a doctor during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, which lasted from about 2350 to 2180 BC. He was the royal physician. [1]
Adil Hussein discovered his tomb north of the pyramid of Sekhemkhet in 2001. [1] Qar died at the age of fifty years [2] and his mummified remains were discovered by archaeologists in December 2006 in his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt. [3] As with many other tombs in Saqqara, his tomb was re-used several times. [4]
Beside his mummy in the limestone sarcophagus, there were metal (bronze [4] or copper [2] [5]) model tools that were entombed alongside his remains. In press reports following the discovery of the tomb and in several publications, they are regarded as surgical instruments. [6] It was stated that they might be the oldest surgical tools in the world. [2] However, these types of model tools are common in many Old Kingdom burials of officials with different functions. They are not surgical instruments. They are model tools. [7] They, his mummy and the rest of the findings are in the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara.[ citation needed]