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Trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty discovered in 63 tombs

By FATMA KHALED Associated Press,

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CAIRO — A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty was discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country's antiquities authority said Monday.

The artifacts include gold pieces and jewelry dating back to Egypt's Late and Ptolemaic periods, and some items could be displayed at one of the country's museums, said Neveine el-Arif, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

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The site where archaeologists discovered 63 mud-brick tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, about 125 miles north of Cairo, Egypt.

An Egyptian archaeological mission with the Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered the mud-brick tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in Damietta city in Damietta governorate, the ministry said in a statement last month.

Other items found in the area of the tombs include statues, funerary amulets and a pottery vessel containing 38 bronze coins dating back to the Ptolemaic period.

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An artifact discovered in a tomb at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, about 125 miles north of Cairo, Egypt.

The Ptolemaic dynasty was Egypt's last before it became part of the Roman Empire.

The dynasty was founded in 305 B.C. after Alexander the Great of Macedonia took Egypt in 332 B.C. and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I.

Leadership was handed down through Ptolemy's descendants and ended with Cleopatra.

Egypt exhibited artifacts from the Ptolemaic period for the first time in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in 2018, with around 300 artifacts on display.

Photos: Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis

Egyptian antiquities authorities have unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is a part of Egypt’s ancient capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The workshops had been used to mummify humans and sacred animals. The tombs, meanwhile, were for a top official and a priest from ancient Egypt. In recent years, Egypt’s government has heavily promoted new archaeological finds to international media and diplomats. It hopes that such discoveries will help attract more tourists to the country.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=17swf8_0uwaXqyy00 — The site where archaeologists discovered 63 mud-brick tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, about 125 miles north of Cairo, Egypt.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3JDN1t_0uwaXqyy00 — An artifact discovered in a tomb at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, about 125 miles north of Cairo, Egypt.

Trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty discovered in 63 tombs

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Photos: Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis

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