Egypt archaeologists uncover tombs dating back to Roman era
August 25, 2017
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says that archaeologists have uncovered five tombs from the Roman era, dating back to more than 2,000 years.
Thursday's statement says the discovery was made in a western desert area known as Beir al-Shagala near the Dakhla oasis, southwest of Cairo
The archaeological mission uncovered a range of artefacts, including the remains of a funerary mask, a set of pottery vessels, a clay incenses burner, a small sandstone sphinx and two ostraca, or ink-in-clay pottery shards.
One ostracon bears hieroglyphic texts while the other is scripted in hieratic, a cur...
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