Archaeologists Unearth 5 Pairs of Earrings at Heliopolis, Finding Area's First Near-Complete Funerary Cache
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Archaeologists Unearth 5 Pairs of Earrings at Heliopolis, Finding Area's First Near-Complete Funerary Cache
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Summary
Five pairs of yellow-metal earrings, scarabs, cosmetic containers, a copper mirror and four stones were recovered beneath a burial structure with human remains at the Panhesy tomb site in Heliopolis.
Egypt's tourism ministry said the cache is the first nearly complete funerary assemblage found in the area, though it did not give a precise date for the objects.
Two alabaster kohl containers still held traces of ancient eye makeup, and a third was made of black obsidian; two of the stones are believed to be agate.
The Panhesy cemetery in Matariya served prominent burials from Egypt's Late Period through the Roman and Christian eras, and this season had already yielded funerary structures and two fragmented coffins.
The find adds to a run of Egyptian discoveries this spring, including an Iliad fragment from a Roman-era tomb and eight papyrus scrolls thought unread for about 3,000 years.