The excavations carried out by the Egyptian archaeological mission headed by Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, this season, in the Al-Ghuraifah archaeological area of Tuna Al-Jabal in Minya Governorate, revealed a burial well with a limestone sarcophagus and a number of Ushabti statues.
Dr. Waziri said that the mission began its fourth season by removing the debris, which led to the discovery of a well at a depth of 5 meters, in which there is a sarcophagus made of limestone. It displays four children of Horus in good condition, next to a group of Ushabti statues made of vines.
He added that the initial inspection indicated that this person was called Jahouti Umm Hoteb from the 26th dynasty, and he held the position of the Great Pentapolis and the supervisor of the Thrones; he was the son of Hoursa East, whose sarcophagus was revealed by the mission in its first excavation season in 2018.
Excavations are still ongoing to uncover more treasures of Al-Ghuraifah, on the eastern bank of the Nile River next t Minya.
It is worth noting that the archaeological mission operating in the Al- Ghuraifah area succeeded during its previous three seasons in uncovering many family tombs belonging to the high priests of the god Jahouti and senior officials in the fifteenth region of Upper Egypt with its capital Al-Ashmonin, and 19 cemeteries containing 70 stone coffins of various sizes and shapes and funerary furniture.
Contributed by Ahmed Moamar
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