Coptic tombs discovered

A Barcelona University archeological mission, in tandem with the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA), discovered a cemetery containing several tombs that date back to the Coptic Era. The mission used electromagnetic currents that can determine spots of changes beneath the earth surface. This led to discovery of two stone tombs and in one of them rested a large limestone coffin with its cover having a painting of the face of the deceased.

The Barcelona mission has been working in Al-Bahnasa, Minya since 1992 and will resume its work next year.