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\n\tAn Egyptian archeological mission has made several new discoveries this season while excavating at the Abu El-Naga necropolis near Luxor. The announcement was made by Egypt\u2019s Supreme Council of Antiquities.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong the most important finds of the season was a cache of ten well preserved, painted wooden coffins that had been hidden in the shaft of the courtyard of the tomb of Baki. The coffins, featuring brightly painted scenes and hieroglyphic inscriptions, were likely moved from their original burial sites, during a period of instability, leading to some damage to the mummies inside.. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tFour of these coffins date to Egypt\u2019s 18th<\/sup> Dynasty (c. 1550\u20131292 BC), including one coffin bearing the name of Merit, chantress of the god Amun. An additional coffin from the later Ramesside period ((c. 1292\u20131077 BC) is inscribed with the name of Padi-Amun, a priest in the Temple of Amun. The remaining coffins belong to the Egypt\u2019s Late Period (664\u2013332 BC).<\/p>\n \n\tIn the same courtyard, the team also uncovered the tomb of a purification priest of the Temple of Amun named A-Shafi-Nakhtu. The tomb consists of a courtyard, shaft, and entrance decorated with funerary scenes and texts leading to the individual\u2019s burial chamber. Inscribed on the fa\u00e7ade of the tomb are the names of the priest\u2019s two wives, both of whom held the title \u201cSinger of the Temple of Amun.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAdditional discoveries included a sandstone figure bearing the name \u201cBenji,\u201d and the titles \u201cscribe\u201d and \u201cnoble,\u201d whose tomb may be hidden nearby. Excavators also uncovered the burial site of more than 30 mummified cats wrapped in linen. The mummified animals are believed to date to the Ptolemaic Period (305\u201330 BC).<\/p>\n \n\tThe current excavation season began in November 2025 and is the team\u2019s eighth at this site. According to the Director General of Luxor Antiquities, Abdel-Ghaffar Wagdy, the owners of the newly discovered tombs are not mentioned in previous historical sources. He added that the titles and inscriptions found on their tombs and coffins are new to researchers, adding to their understanding of the administrative and religious structures of ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/egypt-announces-current-excavation-season-finds-abu-el-naga-1234785765\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/luxor_tombs-780×470-1.jpg?w=780″] An Egyptian archeological mission has made several new discoveries this season while excavating at the Abu El-Naga necropolis near Luxor. The announcement was made by Egypt\u2019s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Among the most important finds of the season was a cache of ten well preserved, painted wooden coffins that had been hidden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1937205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1937205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1937205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1937205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1937205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}