A s??l?? ???? w?s ?ls? ?n???th?? wh??? it is ?x??ct?? m??? m?mmi?s m?? li? ??hin?, s?i? Kh?l?? ?l-An?n? th? ?i?st Minist?? ?? Anti??iti?s ?n? T???ism.
Th?s? s??c??h??i w??? ?m?n? 59 ?isc?v???? ?t th? ???i?l sit? n??? E???t’s ?nci?nt S?????? n?c????lis in Giz?.
SAQQARA, E???t — M??? th?n 2,600 ????s sinc? th?? w??? ???i??, ??ch???l??ists in E???t s?i? S?t????? th?? h?? ???n? ?t l??st 59 ?nci?nt c???ins in ? v?st n?c????lis s??th ?? th? c??nt??’s c??it?l C?i??, ?n? c?nt?inin? th? ??istin? m?mm? ?? ?n ?nci?nt ??i?st.
Th? ??n?t? s??c??h??i h?v? ??m?in?? ?n???n?? sinc? th?? w??? ?nt?m??? n??? th? ??m?? St?? P???mi? ?? Dj?s?? in S??????, ?cc???in? t? E???t’s Minist?? ?? T???ism ?n? Anti??iti?s.
F??t??? sh???? ?? th? minist?? sh?w?? c?l????l s??c??h??i ??c???t?? with ?nci?nt E???ti?n hi????l??hics. Oth?? ??ti??cts ?n? ?t l??st 28 st?t??s w??? ???n? in th? tw? ???? w?lls, th? minist?? s?i?.
A s??l?? ???? w?s ?ls? ?n???th?? wh??? it is ?x??ct?? m??? m?mmi?s m?? li? ??hin?, s?i? Kh?l?? ?l-An?n? th? ?i?st Minist?? ?? Anti??iti?s ?n? T???ism, ???in? th?t th? ??ti??cts w??? in ?n ?xc?ll?nt st?t? ?? ???s??v?ti?n ?n? w??l? ?? ?is?l???? in th? G??n? E???ti?n m?s??m n?xt ????.
A s??c??h???s th?t is ????n? 2,600 ????s ?l?, ?t th? n?wl? ?isc?v???? ???i?l sit? n??? E???t’s S?????? n?c????lis, in Giz?, E???t, ?n S?t?????.
M?st??? W?zi?i, th? ??n???l ?i??ct?? ?? E???t’s S????m? C??ncil ?? Anti??iti?s, t?l? NBC N?ws th?t th? ?in? ??min??? him ?? th? t?m? ?? Kin? T?t?nkh?m?n, ??c??s? ??th h?? ???n ?isc?v???? ?lm?st int?ct.
Th? S?????? ?l?t??? is ???t ?? th? n?c????lis ?? E???t’s ?nci?nt cit? ?? M?m?his. D?si?n?t?? ? UNESCO W??l? H??it??? sit? in 1970s, it incl???s th? ??m?? Giz? P???mi?s. It is ?ls? h?m? t? t?m?s c???t?? ?c??ss th??s?n?s ?? ????s ??tw??n th? 1st D?n?st? (2920 B.C.-2770 B.C.) ?n? th? C??tic ???i?? (395-642).
H?n????s ?? m?mmi?i?? ?nim?ls, ?i??s ?n? c??c??il?s, ?s w?ll ?s tw? m?mmi?i?? li?n c??s w??? ???n? in th? ???i?n l?st ????.
E???t h?s h??vil? ???m?t?? n?w ??ch???l??ic?l ?in?s t? int??n?ti?n?l m??i? ?n? ?i?l?m?ts in ??c?nt ????s, in ?n ?????t t? ??viv? its t???ism s?ct??, which h?s s??????? sinc? th? 2011 A??? S??in? ???isin?s th?t t???l?? ??t?c??t H?sni M?????k.
Th? s?ct?? w?s ???lt ? ???th?? ?l?w this ???? ?? th? c???n?vi??s ??n??mic.
L?st w??k, th? minist?? ?is?l???? ? ???nz? st?t?? ?? th? ??? “N????t?m,” ?n? ?? th? ??ti??cts ?isc?v???? with th? ?nci?nt w????n c???ins.
Inl?i? with ???ci??s st?n?s ??? ???t?, t?????is? ?n? l??is l?z?li, it ???ch?? ? h?i?ht ?? 35 cm (14 in) ?n? ?n its ??s? is insc?i??? with th? n?m? ?? th? ?wn?? ?? th? st?t??, ? ??i?st c?ll?? “B??i Am?n.”
“S?????? ?nti??iti?s ???? is still ??v??lin? its s?c??ts,” th? minist?? s?i?.