Cairo – (Masaader News)
Egyptian archaeologists uncovered an ancient cemetery in an archaeological site in the Tuna al-Jabal area in Minya Governorate dates back to the Greco-Roman era.
The head of the mission of the Faculty of Archeology Cairo University, responsible for the excavation, Mohammed Al-Kholi told a press conference that the cemetery is located at a depth of eight meters underground, and mummies found well embalmed, indicating that it is related to a top people, or group of priests who were working in the service of the temple of the Lord of this cemetery.
“The cemetery is crypts, vestibules and Kata-Komb wells, which are carved tombs in rock or in the ground. It has about 17 mummies, including 13 mummies intact, as well as wooden coffins, pottery and coins.”
This discovery represents the first human cemetery in this region, which includes this number of mummies,Al-Kholi added, pointing out that the thieves have reached the cemetery in ancient times and messed with the contents, but many mummies are still in their original state.
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