Egypt's beginner excavation school at Aswan ends with new antiquities finds

Egypt's antiquities ministry has concluded its beginner excavation school at Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, run with the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo.

• The October training program, run with the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, brought 12 antiquities inspectors to Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan.
• Fieldwork uncovered Coptic ostraca, leather remains, textiles, seeds, animal hair, pottery and colored plaster.
• Parts of a sandstone sarcophagus bearing ancient Egyptian inscriptions were unearthed, showing signs of later reuse as building material.
• Tourism Minister Sherif Fathi said cooperation with international research institutions builds qualified Egyptian archaeological cadres.