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The statement said that Archaeological mission The Egyptian Faculty of Archeology Cairo University "She succeeded in excavating a pink granite sarcophagus of Ptah-im-Wea, a high-ranking statesman during the reign of the king. Ramses II".
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, confirmed, according to the statement, that the importance of this discovery is due to "The important positions that were occupied by the owner of the coffin, including the royal scribe, chief supervisor of livestock and head of the treasury in the temple of King Ramses".
Ramses II is the most famous king of the modern Pharaonic state and ruled Egypt in the twelfth century BC for about sixty-seven years.
The ministry statement indicated that "There is a crack in the lid of the coffin, which indicates that the tomb was previously opened in later ages for burial, and was subjected to theft".
During the past few years, Egypt revealed "treasures" Several archaeological sites in different parts of the country, especially the Saqqara region, where more than 150 archaeological sarcophagi were discovered dating back more than 2500 years.
The Egyptian authorities hope to open the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza in the coming months, in order to give impetus to the tourism sector, which employs about two million Egyptians and generates 10 percent of the gross national product.
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The statement said that Archaeological mission The Egyptian Faculty of Archeology Cairo University I succeeded in unearthing a pink granite sarcophagus of Ptah-im-wea, one of the chief statesmen of the king’s reign. Ramses II“.
According to the statement, Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, stressed that the importance of this discovery is due to “the important positions that were occupied by the owner of the coffin, including the royal clerk, the chief supervisor of livestock and the head of the treasury in the Temple of King Ramses.”
Ramses II is the most famous king of the modern Pharaonic state and ruled Egypt in the twelfth century BC for about sixty-seven years.
The ministry statement indicated that “there is a crack in the lid of the coffin, which indicates that the cemetery had previously been opened in later ages for burial, and was subjected to theft.”
During the past few years, Egypt revealed several archaeological “treasures” in various parts of the country, especially the Saqqara region, where more than 150 archaeological sarcophagi were discovered dating back more than 2,500 years.
The Egyptian authorities hope to open the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza in the coming months, in order to give impetus to the tourism sector, which employs about two million Egyptians and generates 10 percent of the gross national product.