15 ابريل 2023 – وزير السياحة والآثار يتفقد موقع حفائر البعثة الأثرية المصرية بسقارة – الوزير يلتقي بفريق العمل ويوجه لهم الشكر على الجهد الكبير المبذول
ويؤكد على ثراء وتميز التجربة السياحية بالمنطقة الأثرية تفقد صباح اليوم السيد أحمد عيسي وزير السياحة والآثار موقع حفائر البعثة الأثرية . More Press release
April 15, 2023 – The Minister of Tourism and Archeology inspects the site of the excavations of the Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Saqara Minister meets the staff and thanks them for the great effort
It emphasizes the richness and uniqueness of the tourist experience in the archaeological area This morning, Mr. Ahmed Issa, the Minister of Tourism and Archeology visits the site of the excavations of the Egyptian Archeological Mission, working at the Holy Animals (Popastion) in the Saqara Archeology Region, in his first visit to the archeological area since receiving the tourism and archeology bag. Accompanied during the tour were Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Archeology and the Head of the Egyptian Archaeological Mission working at the site, Mr. Ahmed Obaid, Assistant Minister for Affairs of the Minister’s Office Sector, Mr. Sabry Faraj, General Manager of the Saqara Archeology Region, and Mr. Mohamed Youssef, the director of Saqara Archaeology and a number of restorers and workers in the area. During the tour, Mr. Ahmed Essa listened to a detailed explanation by Dr. Mustafa Waziri about the achievements of the Mission over the years of its work at the site since 2018 until now. The tour included a visit to a cemetery that the mission was able to uncover in 2018, the staff explained the history of the cemetery and its engravings, where the Minister expressed his admiration for how perfect and magnificent the engraving was, and was keen to descend inside one of the wells discovered in 2020 which contains a collection of coffins From the late days. The Minister expressed his admiration for the archaeological area as a whole and its discoveries, restoration and development, emphasizing the richness and uniqueness of the tourist experience there. Mr. Ahmed Essa also made sure to meet the Mission team of archeologists and restorers, listen to their opinions, suggestions and take memorial photos with them, thanking them for this great effort which was clearly apparent in the archaeological discoveries the Mission has found over the past years and restoration work carried out. It is worth noting that the Egyptian archaeological mission started work at the site since 2018 where it succeeded in uncovering the unique tomb of the fifth family priest “Wahti”, as well as 7 rock tombs including three modern state tombs, four tombs of the Old State tombs, and an ancient state tomb. In 2019, a sacred animal hideout was discovered containing more than a thousand fiance mascots, dozens of wooden cat statues, cat meows, wooden statues and animal meows. The mission in 2020 also succeeded in uncovering more than 100 wooden coffins in their first late-age condition inside burial wells, 40 statues of the cowardly god of Saqara Batah Sukkar with stunning parts and 20 wooden boxes of the god Horus. The discovery has been rated one of the ten most important archaeological discoveries of 2020 and the most eye-catching, according to Archaeology magazine. During the mission excavation season last year, I was able to uncover the first and largest bronze bustards of the Popastion cheese in Saqara, containing 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian gods, as well as 250 closed colored wooden coffins containing mummies.
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Ministry of Tourism and MonumentsTranslated from Arabic
