Ancient Origins
The discovery is the first of its kind.
The achievement was made by an Egyptian mission affiliated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The 3,500-year-old mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I has remained virtually unexamined since its discovery in Luxor in 1881.
Via the ancient-origins website, the Polish mission explained that this distinctly unique urban settlement was designed to be a separate entity within the boundaries of the port of Marea.
Archaeologists are working to find as many burials as possible before coastal erosion sweeps the medieval Welsh cemetery into the sea, ancient-origins reports.
The total number might soon exceed 300 graves in the area located in the city center near the old cities of Aswan and Abidos.
Ancient Egyptian art was created with a great deal of attention and effort.
Ancient-Origins website sheds light on an Egyptian cemetery of animals previously discovered in Berenice, on the Red Sea coast.
Ancient-Origins website shed light on the discovery of the oldest brewery in Abydos.
