Funeral Cache Discovered in Egypt at Heliopolis - Archaeology Magazine

Funeral Cache Discovered in Egypt at Heliopolis - Archaeology Magazine

Faience amulets, Heliopolis, Egypt CAIRO, EGYPT—According to an Ahram Online report, an excavation of the mudbrick tomb of “Panehsy” in the necropolis of Heliopolis has uncovered human skeletal remains. Underneath the grave, Hisham El-Leithy of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said that the researchers found a collection of cosmetic tools, a copper mirror, and two alabaster kohl containers holding traces of cosmetics. A third kohl containe…

First near-complete funerary assemblage from Heliopolis

A significant archaeological discovery at the site of the tomb of Panehsi in the El-Matariya archaeological area of Ain Shams. The post First near-complete funerary assemblage from Heliopolis appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.