13,000 Ancient Texts Found on Pottery Fragments at Egypt’s Athribis

13,000 Ancient Texts Found on Pottery Fragments at Egypt’s Athribis

One of the ostraca found at the ancient city of Athribis in Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists working in southern Egypt have uncovered 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient city of Athribis in Sohag Governorate. The discovery adds to one of the largest collections of written artifacts ever found at a single archaeological site in Egypt. The finds were made during the current excavati…