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A
Egyptia
a chaeological
missio
has
u cove ed
th ee
tombs
f om
diffe e t
pe iods
at
the
Sheikh
Sobi
a chaeological
site
i
the
Baha iya
Oasis.
The
discove y
adds
ew
evide ce
to
the
lo g
histo y
of
the
dese t
egio ,
whe e
a chaeologists
have
al eady
fou d
tombs
li ked
to
ule s
a d
p iests
f om
a cie t
Egypt’s
Late
Pe iod.
The
ewly
u cove ed
bu ials
i clude
mummies,
limesto e
sa cophagi,
potte y
emai s,
a d
te acotta
votive
figu i es.
O e
tomb
co tai s
five
mummies
a d
is
dated
to
the
Late
Pe iod,
while
the
othe
two
a e
believed
to
date
to
the
Roma
pe iod.Togethe ,
the
th ee
bu ials
ep ese t
diffe e t
stages
i
the
histo y
of
the
Baha iya
Oasis.
Acco di g
to
A ab
News,
the
fi di gs
we e
made
du i g
the
missio ‘s
cu e t
excavatio
seaso
afte
a
40-membe
team
spe t
th ee
mo ths
wo ki g
at
the
site.
A chaeologists
will
co ti ue
excavati g
i
futu e
seaso s.
Acco di g
to
the
Egyptia
State
I fo matio
Se vice,
the
discove y
could
help
esea che s
bette
u de sta d
the
commu ities
that
lived
i
the
Baha iya
Oasis
ac oss
diffe e t
pe iods
of
Egyptia
histo y.
3
tombs
discove ed
i
Egypt’s
Baha iya
Oasis
eveal
bu ials
f om
diffe e t
pe iods
Mi iste
of
Tou ism
a d
A tiquities
She if
Fathy
said
that
the
discove ies
helped
to
shed
light
o
aspects
of
Egyptia
civilisatio
a d
its
sec ets.
The
th ee
tombs
we e
fou d
at
the
Sheikh
Sobi
a chaeological
site
i
the
Baha iya
Oasis.
The
site
co tai s
a
cemete y
associated
with
ule s
a d
p iests
f om
the
Late
Pe iod
of
a cie t
Egypt.
The
fi st
tomb
is
a
collective
sa dsto e
tomb
co tai i g
five
Late
Pe iod
mummies.
It
has
a
squa e
shaft
about
th ee
met es
deep
that
leads
to
two
bu ial
chambe s.
A chaeologists
fou d
five
mummies
i side
limesto e
sa cophagi.The
seco d
tomb
is
believed
to
date
to
the
Roma
pe iod.
It
has
a
small
shaft,
a
th ee-step
stai case
a d
a
bu ial
chambe .
A chaeological
evide ce
suggests
that
this
tomb
was
eve
used
fo
bu ial.
The
thi d
tomb
is
also
believed
to
date
to
the
Roma
pe iod
a d
co tai s
a
ecta gula
shaft
leadi g
to
a
hall
a d
two
bu ial
chambe s.
A chaeologists
also
ecove ed
potte y
vessels,
small
bottles,
a d
dishes.
The
team
fou d
limesto e
a d
sa dsto e
offe i g
tables
alo g
with
small
te acotta
votive
figu i es
showi g
huma
a d
a imal
fo ms.