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Tourism minister's Saqqara tour spotlights Old Kingdom tomb discoveries and new storerooms
October 27, 2026 at 03:30 AM · Updated 1h ago
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MAMasrawy
وزير السياحة يتفقد تدريب الحفائر بسقارة بمشاركة 26 مفتش آثار
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MAMasrawy
وزير السياحة يوجّه بسرعة تشغيل مخزنين متحفيين جديدين في سقارة
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مصالمصرى اليوم
اكتشاف مقبرة مسؤول بارز بالدولة المصرية القديمة بداخلها أدوات طبية في سقارة (صور)
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MAMasrawy
السياحة: اكتشاف مقصورة قرابين وحجرة دفن بتابوت أثري في سقارة
(opens the publisher’s site)Egypt's tourism and antiquities minister Sherif Fathi inspected Saqqara excavations on Monday during a tour of missions working in the region.
- Fathi directed rapid completion of two new museum storerooms at Saqqara ahead of their operation.
- The Egyptian mission at King Merenre's cemetery uncovered a tomb of official Uni holding wooden statues and bronze tools likely used for medical purposes.
- The Czech mission re-discovered Old Kingdom tombs, including a first-time offering chapel for Iket-nefert and a burial chamber containing a limestone sarcophagus.
- Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary General Hisham El-Leithy said 29 of 69 targeted Saqqara tombs have been documented so far.
- Fathi inspected the beginner excavation school training at Saqqara, involving 26 antiquities inspectors from 12 governorates, and handed out completion certificates.