Cairo, September 11 (BNA) The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the resumption of excavations in the Saqqara archaeological area for the sixth consecutive season.
A team of Egyptian archaeologists headed by Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities, resumed their work in Saqqara, where the team found a group of pottery vessels with inscriptions in the ancient Egyptian language in the form of demotic. The German News Agency (DPA) reported.
Waziri said that inside these pots a group of white cheese molds was found, which probably dates back to the late period in the time period of the 26th and 27th dynasties. He pointed out that the ancient Egyptians called white cheese “haram”, which changed in the Coptic era to The word halloumi is now known as halloumi cheese.
He pointed out that there is still another set of pots that are still completely closed, and the mission will open them during the next few period to find out the secrets they contain inside.
Excavations will also be completed to reveal more treasures in this area. The Egyptian antiquities mission began its work on the site since 2018, and during the past five excavation seasons, it succeeded in discovering the unique tomb of the Fifth Dynasty priest “Wahi”, in addition to 7 rock tombs, including three tombs. From the New Kingdom and four tombs from the Old Kingdom, and the facade of a tomb from the Old Kingdom, in addition to the discovery of more than a thousand faience amulet, dozens of wooden statues of cats, cat mummies, wooden statues and animal mummies.
In 2020, more than 100 enclosed wooden sarcophagi in their first state from the Late Period were discovered inside burial wells, 40 statues of the god Saqqara tomb, Ptah Sugar with gilded parts, and 20 wooden chests of the god Horus.
The discovery was ranked as one of the ten most important archaeological discoveries of 2020 and the most eye-catching, according to the American Archaeological Journal.
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