The site includes several burial shafts and as well as more than 1,000 statues and some 40 sarcophagi as well as other artifacts
The country's Antiquities Ministry announced today the discovery of the necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo.
Separately, in 2017, the ministry found a necropolis holding at least 17 mummies in the area of Tuna al-Gabal. "This is only the beginning of a new discovery". It was pointed out that the necropolis could correspond to the late pharaonic period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Archaeologists started excavation work in the area started late a year ago on a quest to find the remainder of the cemetery of Upper Egypt's 15th nome during ancient times.
Archaeologists began excavating the area past year.
The excavation team discover a group of tombs and burials that belong to priests of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth.
"It is a new human cemetery". "We found many pottery, jewellery, canopic jars, more than one ushabti statue".
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Mostafa Waziri, head of the archaeological mission informed that eight tombs have been uncovered so far and they are expecting that more will be discovered soon. "And I believe that this is going to be a very promising area".
Archaeologists found 40 sarcophagi inside one of the tombs in the cemetery and believe they belonged to priests and their relatives, and some of the sarcophagi still present the defuncts' names written in hieroglyphics.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient necropolis containing 40 stone sarcophagi, about 1,000 small statues and a necklace charm bearing the hieroglyphic inscription "happy new year".
"It's only the beginning", said Enany.
The discovery comes just weeks after archaeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the pyramids at the Giza plateau, located on the outskirts of the country's capital Cairo.
Egypt's relics are a magnet to tourists and authorities hope new finds can help attract more as a way to boost tourism hit by the unrest following the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. "Unfortunately the thieves reached the tombs before us", antiquities inspector Mohamed Ragab said. Four amulets of semi-precious stones were also found on the mummy.
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