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Archaeologists: Bronze coins from Ptolemy III era & 14 Greco-Roman tombs discovered in Egypt

Global Arab Network - - Gamal Ragay

Friday, 30 April 2010 21:52

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said that the mission of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA), working in northern Qaroun Lake in Fayyoum, discovered a large number of coins from the era of Ptolemy III.

The newly-discovered 383 coins are in good condition, added Hosni.

For his part, Zahi Hawwas, the council's secretary-general, said that each bronze coin weighs 32 grams.

On the other hand, the Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni announced the discovery of 14 Greco-Roman tombs dated back to 2,300 years at a construction site near al-Baweeti town in al-Baharia Oasis, October 6th Governorate.

The archaeologists discovered four plaster human masks, a gold fragment decorated with the four sons of the god Horus, as well as coins, clay and glass, said Zahi Hawwas, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

A mummy of a woman measuring 97 centimeters, wearing some jewelry and covered with colored plaster depicting a Roman costume, was also found.

The tombs were unearthed in an area where a youth center was to be built in a village there, Sabri Abdel-Aziz, the head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities department, said in a statement.

The antiquities department has halted construction at the site, where a large necropolis may exist, he said.
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