Wüstenschiff

A tomb has been found in Egypt with 35 mummies, sarcophagi, amphorae, vases and materials for funerary masks. Considered a necropolis, in use from the late Pharaonic period to the Roman period (6th century BC-4th century AD), it emerged from the sands of Aswan along with a hieroglyphic that bears the name of its owner, TJT, thanks to the excavations conducted by the Italian-Egyptian mission coordinated by the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquity. The excavations, under the direction of Patrizia Piacentini, who teaches Cultures of the Ancient Near East, Middle East, and Africa from the University of Milan, along with Abdelmanaem Said from the Ministry of Egyptian Antiquities, mapped about 300 tombs dating back to between the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD, located on the western bank of Aswan in the area around the Mausoleum of Aga Khan.