Excavations at Borg Al Arab lead to discovery of important find
Egypt, History, 1/31/2002

An Egyptian excavating team has recently reported finding an important tomb while conducting excavations at Borg Al Arab area near Alexandria.

According to Dr Gaballah Ali Gaballah, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, excavations had started only one week before the find under a plan that was executed in Lower Egypt .

The first to be unearthed was the entrance to the tomb, which is a carved cavity with a flight of stairs.

The ceiling of the rectangular-shaped entrance is covered with a layer of limestone.

Mr Mohamed Abdul Maqsoud director of Lower Egypt Antiquities explained that the entrance leads to a square hall with a domed ceiling bearing red paintings.

It also leads to the burial chamber inside which there were decaying human bones.

Above the tomb archaeologists found stone structures forming the foundation of a hall where funerary rituals and sacrifice offering were made.

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