Egyptian Facts,New discoveries in Elephantine Island of Aswan
3/05/2014 11:39:00 PM
Few days ago(may in 3 or 2 of march 2014),
East Aswan inhabitants have accidentally found collection of tombs on Elephantine Island cut into the rock, which displays a wide range of monuments from the prehistoric period to the Greco-Roman era.
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said Online on Monday that
early studies on the tombs' wall paintings reveal that they are dated to the New Kingdom period, which makes a very important discovery that may change the history of Elephantine Island of Aswan.
early studies on the tombs' wall paintings reveal that they are dated to the New Kingdom period, which makes a very important discovery that may change the history of Elephantine Island of Aswan.
Ali El-Asfar, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities section, explains that
they found four tombs and He said that
1*the first tomb was of a top official in Elephantine named (User0 who was a prince of Elephantine during the New Kingdom period.
User’s tomb is well decorated with scenes depicting him in several positions with his family and deities. Among the distinguished wall paintings is a scene featuring the deceased wearing leopard fur along with five priests before an offering table.
Nasr Salama(The Head of Aswan monuments) said that
2* the second tomb is of (Ba-Nefer), supervisor of the gods' priests of Elephantine. His tomb is also engraved with scenes depicting him in several positions with his family and deities.
3*The third tomb belongs to the holder of the stamps of upper Egypt and Elephantine ruler Amenhotep,
4* And finally the fourth tomb belongs to Elephantine ruler called User Wadjat.
Salama told Ahram Online that the tomb of Amenhotep has a distinguished façade decorated with hieroglyphic texts but no scenes are found.
The inner walls are decorated with scenes depicting the deceased ruler together with his wife, the purification priest and the field scribe.
Ibrahim said that these tombs till now are under restoration in order to open them to tourists.
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