At a depth of eight meters, there were 40 stone and wooden sarcophagi of various shapes and sizes. They found 17 perfectly preserved mummies, as well as filled canopies (ritual alabaster vessels with lids in the form of animal heads), bronze, gilded and bone decorations, masks, amulets, pottery and more than a thousand funeral figurines, which in ancient times were placed in graves.

As reported on Sunday, February 25, Euronews, about the archaeological discovery told the Egyptian Minister for Antiquities Khaled Ahmed al-Anani. According to him, excavations began in November 2017.

Several burial mines were found. And this is only the beginning, "al-Anani explained, adding that in his opinion it is necessary to conduct at least five more expeditions, but one thing is clear: very soon a new archaeological sight will appear in this part of the country.

According to preliminary data, the family cemetery of the priests of the late period of the pharaohs may date from the period of the XXVI-XXVIII dynasties (that is, the VII-V centuries BC) or the very beginning of the Ptolemaic era (IV century BC. More precisely, this is to be established in the course of further work.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, earlier in Egypt on the famous plateau of Giza near Cairo found a tomb age of 4.4 thousand years. Archaeologists believe that it belonged to the priestess Hetpet.