Khaled El-Anany, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, described it as “a wonderful discovery” at the site where excavations began about two months ago.
The coffins, which are said to date back to the 26th Egyptian dynasty, are very decorated and inscribed with hieroglyphics, most of them still containing mummies, had been priests and officials.
Other discoveries included 28 gold and colorful statuettes from Ptah-Sokar, a necropolis god, and a bronze statuette from Nefertum, representing the lotus flower from which the sun god rose.
An inscription on the base indicated that the owner, the priest Badi-Amon.
There were amulets (lucky charms) and shabtis, little figurines that were an idea to be doing a task for the deceased.
“The coffin hideouts of this kind are far from exceptional, yet they come from Luxor in the south. The true price of recent discovery is the softness that these examples throw upon northern coffin styles, and probably also names and titles that in the past were not firmly related to the Saqqara area,” Campbell Price, curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester The Museum, told the art newspaper.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khalid el-Anany, vid the and inspected the new finds, which occur just over two weeks after the ministry revealed 59 sealed sarcophagus, usually with mummies inside, in the same saqqarah area.
It is a component of the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, which includes the notable pyramids at Giza, as well as smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur, and Abu Ruwaysh.
The ruins of Memphis were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1970s and the plateau has at least 11 pyramids, adding the stepped pyramid, as well as plenty of tombs of former officials.
Tutankhamon has a new space worth waiting for Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum, delayed
Egypt has sought to publicize its archaeological findings in an effort to revive its key tourism sector, which has been affected by the unrest that followed the 2011 uprising.
The sector has also been hit by the coronavirus pandemic this year.
All discovered items will be registered for a collection to be displayed at the new Egyptian Grand Museum in Giza, which will open until the end of the year.
Other secrets of ancient Egypt buried beyond were revealed to the world in search of a vast necropolis south of Cairo.
A treasure trove of more than coffins has been unearthed, according to Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Archaeologists have discovered the collection of sealed and colored sarcophagi 10 to 12 meters deep in the Saqqara necropolis, where they are believed to have been buried more than 2,500 years ago.
Khaled El-Anany, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, described it as “a wonderful discovery” at the site where excavations began about two months ago.
The coffins, said to date from the 26th Egyptian dynasty, are heavily decorated and engraved with hieroglyphics, most of them still containing mummies, they had been priests and officials.
Other discoveries included 28 gold and colorful statuettes from Ptah-Sokar, a necropolis god, and a bronze statuette from Nefertum, representing the lotus flower from which the sun god rose.
An inscription on the base indicated that the owner, the priest Badi-Amon.
There were amulets (lucky charms) and shabtis, little figurines that were an idea to be doing a task for the deceased.
“The stashes of coffins of this kind are far from exceptional, yet they come from Luxor in the south. The true price of recent discovery is how mild these examples throw over northern coffin styles, and probably also names and titles that in the past were not firmly related to the Saqqara region,” Campbell Price, curator of Egypt and Sudan in Manchester The Museum, told the art newspaper.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khalid el-Anany, vid the and inspected the new finds, which occur just over two weeks after the ministry revealed 59 sealed sarcophagus, usually with mummies inside, in the same saqqarah area.
It is a component of the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Menfis, which includes the remarkable pyramids of Giza, as well as smaller pyramids in Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh.
The ruins of Memphis were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1970s and the plateau has at least 11 pyramids, adding the stepped pyramid, as well as plenty of tombs of former officials.
Tutankhamón has a new space worth waiting for cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum, delayed
Egypt has sought to publicize its archaeological findings to revive its key tourism sector, which has been affected by the unrest that followed the 2011 uprising.
The sector has also been hit by the coronavirus pandemic this year.
All discovered items will be registered for a collection to be displayed at the new Great Egyptian Museum in Giza, which will open until the end of the year.
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