Archeological discovery revealed “every week, every day in some cases”

CAIRO – 5 October 2018: Every week and every day in some cases, an archeological discovery is revealed; hence, Egypt should be introduced to the global stage in a positive way, Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anany announced on Thursday.

During the press conference of the Saint Catherine International Peace Forum set to be held on October 18 and 19, Anany pointed out that more than 15 ambassadors and cultural attachés have been invited to attend the forum.

He further remarked that the Ministry of Antiquities inaugurated two projects at St. Catherine; the latest one was the development of St. Catherine library, which is the second largest library having documentaries and historic manuscripts after the Vatican Library.

Among the most recently discovered artifacts is the huge edifice with several corridors and four entrances that was uncovered during excavation works carried out in Hod El-Demerdash, 400 meters to the south of Mit Rahina Museum in Giza, Ministry of Antiquities announced on Sept. 25.

Previously, an Egyptian archeological mission working at the Aga Khan site in Aswan’s west bank since 2014 discovered 20 tombs from the Greco-Roman period, late ancient Egypt and early Christianity.

Director of Aswan and Nubian Antiquities, Abdel-Moneim Saeed, said on Sept. 20 that the uncovered tombs vary in their architectural styles, inscriptions and drawings on sarcophaguses, statues and mummies.

Saeed referred that a committee was formed to examine the condition of the artifacts to be exhibited in different museums.

The most recent discoveries, found by the mission during excavation works carried out near the Aga Khan mausoleum on Aswan's west bank, was a tomb dating back to the late period of ancient Egypt.

The tomb contained a sculpted sandstone sarcophagus with a well-preserved mummy wrapped in linen among other things, the Egyptian archeological mission announced on Tuesday, September 18.