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Egypt discovers ancient gods' statues

Xinhua, March 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said Thursday that its excavation mission unearthed a number of statues of ancient Egyptian gods and other artifacts in Daqahliya province northern the capital Cairo, official MENA news agency reported.

Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Damaty said the digging work in Tal Tablala area in Dekernes district of Daqahliya, over 120 km far from Cairo, started in September 2015 due to the historical and archaeological significance of the site.

"The site includes massive mudbrick cemeteries dating back to the Greek and Roman eras," the minister pointed out.

Besides the ancient Egyptian gods, the team also found several bronze ornaments and amulets as well as potteries and alabaster and ivory objects.

Egypt enjoys the most significant amount of monuments and antiquities in the world, particularly in its southern Luxor and Aswan provinces with their giant Pharaonic temples, besides the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx in Giza.

A recent scanning of the walls of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor suggested a hidden chamber could be found behind, which, if true, is expected to be a great discovery in the history of the Egyptian archaeology. Endit