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Published: 06 December 2021
In an official statement, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of the Spanish Archaeological Mission, operating in the Antiquity of El Bahnsa region of Minya province, declared two adjacent cemeteries dating back to the Saawian era, which former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hus confirmed belonged to the "Renaissance."
Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explained in a statement that a limestone coffin with a lady's cover had been found inside the cemetery; Next to him are the remains of an unknown person. Preliminary studies have shown that this cemetery was previously entered during ancient times.
As announced by my Minister, the archaeological mission headed by Mayte Mascourt and Esther Pons Milado, from the University of Barcelona, found at one of these cemeteries the remains of the remains of two unknown persons, one of whom had a tongue of gold.
The head of the mission, Mascourt, noted that the second cemetery was "completely closed," and the mission opened it for the first time during excavation work.
In the cemetery, the mission team also found "a limestone coffin with a human face in good preservation, as well as a cottage with canopic pots inside each. Also found were 402 sculptures of Achabite made of Viance, a collection of small mats and green beads. "
For his part, the former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Zahi Haas, said that the importance of the discovery was that it "belonged to the Suite era, known as the Renaissance, that is, the revival of the greatness of the past in the older times known as prosperity."
By way of illustration, Sans added, "The Soy Age dates back to the Family 26 (500 BC), in which time burials were imitated from the ancient, middle and modern times of the State; The burial style was characterized by the huge coffins in which the mummies were placed. "
Senses point out that the Soy Age was preceded by the "Ages of Decay, in which the greatness of earlier times was interrupted."
Besides, within the Soy Age tombs were the sights depicted on the walls, talking about the other world, and books that helped the deceased in the other world, such as the Book of the Dead.
Some objects and canopic utensils were also placed, in which the guts of the deceased were placed.
It should be noted that the Spanish Mission has been operating in the area of Antiquity of Bahnsa for almost 30 years, during which time it found numerous tombs belonging to the Suite, Greco-Roman and Coptic times.
The Bahnsa region was well known for its Greek-written parishes, which were published in dozens of volumes at the University of Oxford, and belonged to the nineteenth province of Upper Egypt, with a high profile in the Coptic and Islamic era.