UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko wase-Egypt u-Farouk Hosni kuleli sonto uthe ama-sarcophagi amaningi apendwe ngokhuni asukela ku-Late Period (ikhulu lesithupha BC) avubukulwe eningizimu yomgwaqo wephiramidi yase-Unas e-Saqqara. Wachaza ukuthi lezi sarcophagi zembulwa ngesikhathi sokumbiwa okwenziwa yimishini yokuvubukula evela eNyuvesi yaseCairo.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uthe umkhankaso uphinde wathola iqoqo lezimbiza ze-canopic, ibhokisi lezinkuni kanye nezinsalela ze-sarcophagus ependiwe kaMaayi, umbhali endaweni UMaat ngesikhathi sokubusa kweNkosi uRamesses II (1304-1237 BC).
UDkt. Ola El Aguizy, owayeyiDini le-Faculty of Archaeology kanye nenhloko yemishini, uthe ithimba lemivubukulo lenyuvesi lithole ingxenye esele yethuna lika-Wadj-Mes, umbonisi wonogada ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaRamesses II. Ithuna lembule amaphasishi amaningana nemihubhe engaphansi komhlaba. Kwatholakala nezingcezu zamabhodwe, i- sarcophagi, namabhulokhi apendiwe ngaphakathi ethuneni.
UDkt. Ahmed Saeed, umsizi wenhloko yale mishini, uthe kumbiwe iqeqebana lezibalo ze-ushabti ngaphakathi ethuneni lika-Wadj-Mes, kanye nesonto likaMaayi, eliqinisekisa ukubaluleka kwale ndawo njengoba yayisetshenziswa ngezikhathi ezahlukene zaseGibhithe. umlando.
Kwatholakala namatafula okunikela ngawo nezimbiza zobumba. I-Saqqara iphinde yasikhanyisela ngesiko layo lasendulo elicebile kulandela ukutholwa kwamathuna ephiramidi endala ye-Djoser eSaqqara.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the mission has also found a group of canopic jars, a wooden box and the remains of a painted sarcophagus belonging to Maayi, a scribe in the place of Maat during the reign of King Ramesses II (1304-1237 BC).
- Ola El Aguizy, former Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology and head of the mission, said that the university archeological team found the remaining part of the tomb of Wadj-Mes, an overseer of guards during the reign of Ramesses II.
- Ahmed Saeed, assistant head of the mission, said that a group of ushabti figures was unearthed inside the tomb of Wadj-Mes, as well as Maayi's chapel, which reaffirms the importance of this area as it was used during different periods of Egyptian history.
