The Big Magazine Staff
Sep 10, 20202 min
Dr. Khaled Al-Annani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, accompanied by Dr. Mustafa, Minister General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, check out the work of the excavations of the Egyptian archaeological mission working in the area of Saqqara, which resulted in the detection of a deep well for burial with more than 13 A human coffin has been closed for more than 2500 years, with a depth of about 11 meters, and closed wood coffins found above each other.
Dr. Khaled Al-Anani has been keen to go down to the bottom of the well with Dr. Mustafa Waziri to check the reveal in preparation for his announcement soon at a press conference in the area of Saqara Archaeology, and thanks to the workers on the site for working in difficult circumstances while adhering to the procedures Precautionary.
Preliminary studies indicate that these coffins are completely closed and haven't opened since they were buried inside the well and are not the only ones, more likely to be found inside the sides of the well, one of them opened and done A number of archaeological and wooden coffins found inside, so far, the identity and positions of the owners of these coffins or their total number have not been identified, but these questions will be answered within the next few days through the continuation of excavations.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is conducting a social media promotional campaign in the coming period to promote this archaeological reveal, and its first promotional films are set to be published shortly.
Noteworthy that the ministry has announced more than one archaeological discovery over the past years in the area of Saqqara Archaeology, which includes the largest number of coffins in his burial since the discovery of Assef's environment.
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Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities