5200-Year- old tomb unearthed in khazendaria mountain

A supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) mission unearthed a rock-hewn tomb in the Khazendaria area in Sohag that dates back to the 5th Dynasty (320o B.C.). SCA Secretary-General Gaballah Ali Gaballah said the tomb has a 2.5-metres-high entrance in its west side.

Two statues of the tomb owner were found standing on both sides of the entrance, each of which is 1.5 metres tall, in addition to a relief in the tomb's southern side, showing the tomb owner worshipping the gods.

Yehia Al-Masri, Director of Upper Egypt Antiquities Department, said an embalmed scarab over which red and black linen objects as well as copper vessels that date back to the Greco Roman era were also found.