A royal tomb dating back 3,500 years has been discovered in Upper Egypt (southern Egypt), the Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry announced on Sunday.
According to a ministry statement, a joint Egyptian-American archaeological team from the University of Pennsylvania unearthed the royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period in the Jebel Anubis necropolis in Abydos.
The discovery provides new scientific evidence on the development of royal burials at the Jebel Anubis necropolis, the ministry said, where these tombs date back to between 1700 and 1600 BC.
The archaeological team also unearthed a pottery workshop from the Roman era in the nearby village of Banaweet, in southern Egypt, the statement said. The workshop is believed to have been one of the largest production centres supplying pottery and glass to the area in ancient times.
“The discovery of the royal tomb in Abydos provides new scientific evidence on the development of royal burials at the Jebel Anubis necropolis, where these tombs date back to between 1700 and 1600 BC,” the ministry stated.
As for the pottery workshop in Banaweet, the statement said that it “was one of the largest production centers supplying pottery and glass to the area in ancient times.”
Egypt frequently announces archaeological discoveries, reflecting the country’s wealth of relics from the eras of the ancient Egyptians and other significant historical periods.
