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Egypt unveils tombs dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of two cemeteries dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt in al-Bahnasa archaeological area in Minya governorate.

This photo shows a wooden sarcophagus discovered among many archaeological finds in 3000-year-old communal tombs dedicated to high priests, in al-Ghoreifa in Tuna al-Jabal, Minya governorate, Egypt, Jan. 30, 2020.
This photo shows a wooden sarcophagus discovered among many archaeological finds in 3000-year-old communal tombs dedicated to high priests, in al-Ghoreifa in Tuna al-Jabal, Minya governorate, Egypt, Jan. 30, 2020. — Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities unveiled Dec. 5 two adjacent cemeteries dating back to the “Sawy era,” or the Late Period of ancient Egypt, at an archaeological site in Minya governorate, in Upper Egypt.

In a Dec. 5 statement, Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the state-run Supreme Council of Antiquities said the Spanish archaeological mission affiliated with the University of Barcelona, working at al-Bahnasa site, “found in one of the two tombs the remains of two unknown persons with gold tongues.”

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