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About 4,000 years ago, Asyut was an important cultural center in Middle Egypt. The ancient city with its temples, palaces, libraries, and houses later disappeared under Nile flood sediments and modern ...
News Egypt » Asyut » Travel: Egyptian priestess’ burial chamber unearthed after 4,000 years: ‘Sensational discovery’
A burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Named Idy, her remains were found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb in ...
News Egypt » Asyut » Travel: Burial chamber and grave goods of ancient Egyptian priestess discovered in Asyut
An international team of archaeologists led by Professor Jochem Kahl from Freie Universität Berlin has made an incredible discovery in the necropolis of Asyut, Egypt. Researchers discovered the burial ...
News Egypt » Asyut » Travel: Newly Discovered Burial Chamber of Egyptian Priestess Sheds Light on Overlooked Era
The 3,900-year-old tomb of priestess Idy is revealing new insights into women’s roles in Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. Reading time 2 minutes After 20 years of fieldwork in the mountains of Gebel Asyut ...
News Egypt » Asyut » Travel: The necropolis of Asyut as an important element of Egypt's cultural memory
German-Egyptian research project has reestablished Asyut's importance in the history of Egypt over the past 16 years About 4,000 years ago, Asyut was an important cultural center in Middle Egypt. The ...