Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – A total of 85 tombs dating from the period of Egypt’s Ancient Kingdom around 4,500 years ago to the Ptolemaic Dynasty which ruled from 305 BC to 30 BC, were found in Sohag Province, southern Egypt.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Wednesday (4/5) also said, in addition to mummies, an Egyptian archaeological mission in the Gabal El Haridi region, which is located about 350 kilometers south of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, found 30 death certificates showing names, occupations, and the age of the deceased and the names of their parents, written in ancient Greek letters and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Some of the tombs are on a mountain, and some have one or more wells with corridors leading to the burial chamber, the statement said.
The mission also excavated a tower house made of mud bricks dating to the era of King Ptolemy III, the third pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty who ruled from 246 BC to 222 BC.
The tower house was built to monitor borders, collect taxes and secure navigational traffic on the Nile, according to the statement.
The discovery also includes the remains of a Ptolemaic-era temple built to worship the goddess Isis, which measures 33 meters long and 14 meters wide. (ojn/bbs)
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