**** Released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on 19th, Oct, 2019
Subject: Al-Asasif Cachette
Al-Asasif Cachette
A 3000 years old cachette unearthed in Al-Asasif necropolis on the West Bank of Luxor.
In a press conference held on Luxor’s West Bank, Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany announced the discovery of Al-Asasif Cachette, consisting of 30 intact, sealed and painted coffins of a 22nd Dynasty priests and priestesses of Luxor’s deities Amun and Khonsu.
He said that the discovery was made by an Egyptian mission led by Dr. Mostafa Waziri Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and it is the first cachette of coffins to be uncovered in Luxor since the end of the 19th century, describing it as exceptional and he is very proud that after more than a century the Egyptian archaeologists succeeded to unearth a new cachette in Luxor.
Among the well known Cachette in Luxor are the royal mummies cachettes at Al-Deir Al-Bahari in 1881 and king Amenhotep II in 1898 and a Cachette of priests at Bab Al Gussess area in 1891 on Luxor’s West Bank.
El-Enany pointed out that the newly uncovered coffins were found grouped in the cachette on two levels on top of each other. The first level houses 18 coffins while the second contains 12 coffins.
During the conference El-Enany along with renowned egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and Waziri witness restorers opening two coffins revealing two very well preserved mummies of a man and a woman wrapped in linen.
The coffins will be subjected to restoration in order to be transported to the Grand Egyptian Museum to be on display in a special hall.
El-Enany pointed out that he is proud of the work of the archaeologists in Luxor, as this is the first cachette to be discovered by Egyptian archaeologists.
Dr. Waziri describes the discovery as the biggest to happen along the last few years.
Some of the coffins are fully painted with scenes from the book of the dead and the titles of the deceased while others are partly painted and a third group are plain.
Among the uncovered coffins 23 belong to men, 5 to women and three to children.
Dr. Waziri said that more researches will take place on the coffins and the mummies inside in order to reveal more secrets of the cachette.
He explains that the coffins were grouped and hidden in the Cachette by an ancient Egyptian priest during the end of the the 22nd dynasty to protect the bodies of his ancestors during an unrest era which was well-Known for tombs raiders.
During the 10th century, almost 3000 years ago, tombs robbers were wide spread in the country to steal the funerary collection found in tombs destroying the coffins and the mummies while entering.
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송고시간 | 2019-10-19 23:57
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