Scroll down for video\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Some\u00a0250 grave sites were uncovered during a routine archaeological survey in the Al-Hamidiyah necropolis near Sohag, on the west banks of the Nile river.The grave sites have been dated to between\u00a02200 BC and 30 BC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some had one or more burial wells, said Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and others were constructed with a ramp that ends in a burial chamber.<\/p>\n One tomb dating back more than 4,000 years, Places to sell lacquer paintings in tphcm to the decline of the Old Kingdom, includes an entrance leading to a cross-hall with a sloped passage in the southeast<\/a> side that heads to a small burial chamber.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Waziri, the shaft was reused repeatedly over the centuries.<\/p>\n He described the tomb as having a false door with hieroglyphic inscriptions still visible, as well as scenes of the tomb’s inhabitant slaughtering sacrifices and mourners giving offerings to the gods on his behalf.\u00a0<\/p>\n One tomb had a false door with hieroglyphic inscriptions still visible, as well as scenes of the tomb’s inhabitant slaughtering sacrifices and mourners giving offerings to the gods on his behalf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ritualistic pottery known as ‘votive’ miniatures were also found.These small spherical pots that would symbolize the deceased<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sohag, where the tombs were discovered, was a pivotal location in ancient<\/a> Egypt due to its location on the Nile and between Aswan and the capital city of Memphis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Excavation also uncovered human and animal bones, as well as a multitude of pottery and shards, some of which was utilitarian and other pieces specifically for funereal purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also discovered were small alabaster pots, remnants of a round metal mirror and ritualistic pottery known as ‘votive’ miniatures\u2014small spherical pots that would symbolize the deceased.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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