A group of archaeologists found a tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic era during their participation in a training program organized by the Ministry of Antiquities in Sohag governorate.
To attract tourists, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has launched a project to restore and develop the Tombs of the Nobles and Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, south of the country.
Published May 12, 2021, 7:11 AM
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered around 250 tombs in the country’s southern province of Sohag, dating back about 4,200 years, the antiquities ministry said Tuesday.
(COMBO) This combination of handout pictures provided by Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on May 11, 2021 shows a view of newly discovered tombs in the southern province of Sohag, dating back about 4,200 years. – The graves “include some with a well or several burial wells and other cemeteries with a sloping corridor that ends with a burial room,” the ministry said in a statement. They range in age “from the end of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Ptolemaic period,” it added. (Photos by – / Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities / AFP)
Ruins of ancient Ptolemaic temple discovered in Egypt
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Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the remains of a Ptolemaic period temple, a Roman fort and an early Coptic church, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
The church was built in the ruins of the Roman fort, which was found at an archaeological site known as Shiha Fort in the Aswan governorate in southern Egypt, the ministry
The temple dates to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which began about two decades after Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C.
After Alexander’s death, General Ptolemy I became ruler of Egypt (323–285 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which reigned longer than any other dynasty established until the Alexandrian empire succumbed to the Romans in 30BC.