Understanding the news: More from the Middle Kingdom found near the Fayoum
An Egyptian mission directed by Dr. Aiman Ashmawi this week announced the discovery of a Middle Kingdom tomb shaft at the Kom El Khelua necropolis near Fayoum. This fascinating area around a blind branch of the Nile may have been the location of the first settlers in Egypt - initially still hunter-gatherers, prior to movement into the Nile Valley and has a long history.
The find spot dates to the reign of Middle Kingdom king King Amenemhat III (1842-1799 B.C) but because it was reused as a Christian settlement and the archaeological finds in the tomb shaft have suffered damage.
The burial shaft appears to have originally served 3 burial chambers, with some wreckage of funerary items such as canopic jars and pottery being found. This tomb is near the tomb of a prince which was excavated in the 1980s by an Italian mission.
Story link - Luxor Times: http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/12/middle-kingdom-burial-shaft-discovered.html
An Egyptian mission directed by Dr. Aiman Ashmawi this week announced the discovery of a Middle Kingdom tomb shaft at the Kom El Khelua necropolis near Fayoum. This fascinating area around a blind branch of the Nile may have been the location of the first settlers in Egypt - initially still hunter-gatherers, prior to movement into the Nile Valley and has a long history.
The find spot dates to the reign of Middle Kingdom king King Amenemhat III (1842-1799 B.C) but because it was reused as a Christian settlement and the archaeological finds in the tomb shaft have suffered damage.
The burial shaft appears to have originally served 3 burial chambers, with some wreckage of funerary items such as canopic jars and pottery being found. This tomb is near the tomb of a prince which was excavated in the 1980s by an Italian mission.
Story link - Luxor Times: http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/12/middle-kingdom-burial-shaft-discovered.html
I want to dig for treasury
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