Another piece of ancient coffins found in the Sahara tells of Egypt

Cairo – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed another piece of ancient coffin Wide Negropolis South Cairo, Officials said Monday.

The Ministry of Tourism and Archeology said in a statement Archaeologists Found a colorful, sealed set Sarkobaki Buried in the Sahara Negropolis 2,500 years ago.

More than 80 coffins were found, said Mostaba Waziri, general secretary of the former Supreme Council.

Key discovery, 59 ancient caffeines, closed for more than 2,600 years, released in Egypt

Archaeologists have also unearthed colorful, gilded wooden statues, the ministry said.

Officials say the unpublished photo, provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Archeology, shows ancient coffins and artifacts unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists in a vast necropolis south of Cairo on Monday, October 19, 2020 in southern Cairo.
(Ministry of Tourism and Archeology via AB)

Details of the new discovery will be announced at a news conference at Josser’s famous Step Pyramid, it said.

Egypt sought to promote its archeological finds in an attempt to revive its main tourism sector, which was badly affected by the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madpooli, the center, Egyptian Archaeological Minister Khalid El-Anani and archaeologists open a sarcophagus found in a vast necropolis south of Cairo in this outdated photo.
(Ministry of Tourism and Archeology via AB)

The sector was hit further by a corona virus outbreak this year.

Two dozen 2,500-year-old sarcophagi were found at an earlier site in Egypt

Prime Minister Mustafa Madhouli and Minister of Tourism and Archeology Khalid El-Anani toured the area and explored the new find, which came Two weeks after the ministry revealed 59 Sealed sarcophagus, most of them with mummies, in the same area of ​​Sakara.

The Sahara site is part of the Negropolis in Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, which includes the famous Pyramids of Giza, as well as smaller pyramids in Abu Sir, Tahsur and Abu Ruwash.

The ruins of Memphis were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1970s.

The plateau offers at least 11 pyramids, including the Step Pyramid, along with the tombs and other sites of hundreds of ancient officials from the 1st dynasty (2920-2770 BC) to the Coptic period (395-642).

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