Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Bubastian Cemetery in Saqqara Necropolis unearthed a collection of 250 wooden painted coffins and 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities on Monday. Ancient Egyptian deities Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum, and Hathor are depicted in the statues. The …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Five tombs belonging to senior officials from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras were recently uncovered in excavations in the North-Eastern side of King Merenre Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis. On Thursday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany and the Secretary General of the …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “An archaeological mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of King Ramses II, at excavations at the Saqqara necropolis”, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of …
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Ahram Online A statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced, on Saturday, the discovery of a large number of burial shafts and artefacts dating back to the New Kingdom period in the Saqqara Necropolis area. Renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who heads the Egyptian archaeological mission operating at …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 100 intact 26th Dynasty anthropoid coffins, sealed and painted, were unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Saqqara Necropolis. The discovery includes golden funerary masks and a collection of 40 wooden statues of Saqqara goddess Ptah Soker, some of which …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will announce the biggest archaeological discovery in 2020 at a press conference in the Saqqara Necropolis in the coming days, sources said in Cairo. According to the authoritative sources, “an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Saqqara Necropolis, discovered …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a large collection of 59 intact and sealed coffins at Saqqara Necropolis near Giza, Egypt. Sixty ambassadors and international media representatives flocked to the site to witness the announcement of the new discovery on Saturday. Almost 40 anthropoid painted coffins …
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Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Antiquities ministry announced the completion of the restoration project of the Pyramid of Djoser and its surrounding area, within the framework of the ministry’s plan to preserve and develop archaeological sites and improve the services for visitors. The Pyramid of Djoser is scheduled to …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced on Saturday at a press conference a new discovery in the Saqqara necropolis carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission led by Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. The discovery was made in the sacred animals …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online A Japanese-Egyptian mission directed by professor Nozomu Kawai of Kanazawa University has discovered a Roman catacomb from the 1st or 2nd century AD during excavation on the Eastern rock escarpment of the North Saqqara plateau. “This area had never been previously investigated by an archaeological …
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