CAIRO – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed another piece of ancient coffins in the vast Necropolis south of Cairo, officials said Monday.
Archaeologists have unearthed a collection of colorful, sealed sarcophagi buried 2,500 years ago in the Sacramento Necropolis, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement.
Mustafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said more than 800 bodies had been found.
In the main discovery, 59 ancient caves, closed for more than 2,600 years, recovered in Egypt.
Archaeologists have also found colored, golden wooden statues, the ministry said.
The image, provided by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Ancient Affairs, shows Egyptian archaeologists searching the vast necropolis south of Cairo, officials said Monday, 19th, 2020, in Saikara, south of Cairo, Egypt. .
(Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities by AP)
Details of the new discovery will be announced at a news conference at Geoser’s famous Step Pyramid.
Egypt has demanded the release of its archeological findings in an effort to revitalize its key tourism sector, which was badly damaged by the 2011 uprising.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Medbouli, the center, the ancient antiquity minister Khaled al-Anni, and archaeologists have unearthed a sarcophagus found in a large necropolis south of Cairo in this indefinite photo.
(Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities by AP)
The coronavirus epidemic also hit the region one more year this year.
Two dozen 2,500-year-old sarcophagi were discovered at an ancient site in Egypt
Prime Minister Mustafa Medbouli and Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khalid al-Anni visited the area and inspected the new findings, just two weeks after the ministry sealed 59 59 sealed sarcophagi in the same area of Sakkara, most of which turned out to be mummies inside. Turned out.
The site of Saqqara is part of the Necropolis in Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, which includes the famous Giza Pyramids, as well as the small pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwesh.
The ruins of Memphis were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1970.
Plateau hosts at least 11 pyramids, including the step pyramid, with hundreds of tombs, ancient officials and other sites dating from the 1st Dynasty (2920-2770 BC) to the Coptic period (395-642).
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