Artifacts and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Egyptian Tomb

In 2019 Egypt confirmed an ancient tomb had been found carved in stone from the Greco-Roman period in Aswan, 539 miles south of Cairo.

The Greco-Roman Period (332 B.C.-395 A.D.) saw the rise of Alexander the Great who conquered the Persians who ruled over Egypt at the time, and founded Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt.

Small Ba bird statues were recovered which, according to ancient Egyptian mythology, was believed to fly out of the person’s tomb to join their vital essence in the afterlife.

The tomb contained about 30 mummies, including young children. There were also gold-painted funeral masks, statuettes, amphora-shaped jugs, ritual offering vases, vessels still containing food, coffin fragments, a lamp, and white cartonnages. One of the coffins presented a complete text, detailing the name of the tomb’s owner, Tjt.