CAIRO, June 24 (World Daily Times) — Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said archaeologists uncovered a burial cache at the Panhesy tomb site in the Matariya archaeological section of Ain Shams, inside the Heliopolis necropolis, during the current excavation season.
The ministry said the find was made beneath a burial structure containing human remains. It included five pairs of yellow-colored metal earrings that archaeologists believe may be gold, along with carved scarabs and other small artifacts.
Officials also said the cache contained cosmetic containers, a copper mirror, two alabaster kohl containers with traces of ancient eye makeup, a third kohl container made of black obsidian, and four stones, two of which are believed to be agate.
The ministry called the cache the first nearly complete funerary assemblage ever discovered in the area. It said the discovery builds on earlier finds at the site this season, including mudbrick and limestone funerary structures and two coffins found in fragmented condition.
