Clay pots and ritual vessels are placed around a stony bed used for mummification. — AFP
Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry.
Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters that the two large “embalming workshops” date back to the 30th dynasty (380-343 BC) and the Ptolemaic (305-30 BC) eras.
Clay pots and ritual vessels are placed around a stony bed used for mummification. — AFP
A view of a sarcophagus face found at the newly discovered site. — Reuters
Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities talks to the media and holds a tool that was found next to an embalming workshop site for humans at the newly discovered site where embalming workshops for humans and animals along with two tombs and a collection of artefacts were also found, near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt May 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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