Egypt discovers 3,400-year-old cemetery in Minya

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Egypt discovers 3,400-year-old cemetery in Minya

STORY: Egypt discovers 3,400-year-old cemetery in Minya DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of artifacts 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOSTAFA WAZIRI, Secretary general of Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) STORYLINE: A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The cemetery, dating back about 3,400 years, belonged to senior officials and priests, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). The cemetery was discovered in the Al-Ghuraifa area of Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in Minya by an Egyptian archeological mission led by the SCA. It consists of a large quantity of rock-cut tombs, and hundreds of other archaeological finds, said Waziri. It is the first cemetery finding of the New Kingdom in the 15th nome, a territorial division in ancient U

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