Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
Photos of the false doors are shown on the Daily Star website.
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http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o310125m.htm Copied from the Egytian State Information Service website: "The Spanish archaeological mission under the National Antiquities Museum in Madrid has unearthed about eleven tombs built with unburnt bricks...
Egypt
False doors found in Beni Suef
Egypt State Information Service
The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on 22/2/2008 that the Spanish archaeologists have unearthed three stone gates dating back to the first transition era (2191-2040 BC) in Ihnasia, Beni Sweif Governorate.
Zahi Hawwas, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquates said the “Deceptive Gates” – as they were known-have been removed from their original burial place, a graveyard that has been demolished and burnt over the years.
Also found were two offering tables and the remains of walls built of red brick and adobe, as well as shards of pre-transition era pottery, Hawass said. The head of the Spanish team said the discovered gates and pottery have been renovated.
Photos of the false doors are shown on the Daily Star website.
- Discoveries Along Avenue Of Sphinxes
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo of Nilometer Egyptian archaeologists carrying routine excavations at the so-called “Avenue of Sphinxes,” have unearthed the remains of a 5th century Egyptian Christian church and a "nilometer," a structure...
- Spanish Team Discovers Antiquities Of 1st Intermediate Period
Egypt State Information Service A Spanish team conducting excavations in the Upper Egyptian city of Beni Sweif has stumbled upon antiquities that date back to the first intermediate Period (2190-2061 BC). This was in Ehansia, where the mission of Madrid's...
- More Re Discoveries At Beni Suef
Actualidad Terra This piece adds a few details to previous reports on the discovery. My rough interpretation of this piece is fragmented - partly because of my rusty Spanish but partly because the story itself seems a bit vague. If anyone can do a better...
- 3500 Year Old Tomb At Beni Suef
The State Information Service confirms an earlier report that a new cemetery has been found by a Spanish Mission at Beni Suef: An ancient cemetery was discovered in the governorate of Beni Suef. The cemetery, discovered by a Spanish mission in the Ahnasia...
- 11 Tombs Excavated At Ahansia
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o310125m.htm Copied from the Egytian State Information Service website: "The Spanish archaeological mission under the National Antiquities Museum in Madrid has unearthed about eleven tombs built with unburnt bricks...