Rites of the Afterlife: Golden Tombs Revea...

The extraordinary discovery of 18 Greco-Roman tombs with gold foil leaves in their mouths in Marina Alamein, r! Swipe to see →

RITES OF THE AFTERLIFE: GOLDEN TOMBS ...

On July 8, 2026, a joint Egyptian-Polish archaeological mission removed the final limestone slabs sealing an ancient chamber on Egypt's M...

WHAT HAPPENED

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities confirmed the mapping of a complex necropolis containing eighteen tombs from the Ptolema...

CONTEXT AND HISTORY

The Marina Alamein site preserves the ruins of Leukaspis, an ancient port established as a trade hub in the second century B.C. This port...

IMPACT ON THE POPULATION

Uncovering these historic tombs has significantly impacted the scientific community and local tourism along the coast. For researchers, t...

WHAT THE INVOLVED PARTIES SAY

Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, stated that this season's campaign exceeded all expectat...

NEXT STEPS

The next phase of fieldwork will focus on laboratory analysis of all skeletal remains retrieved from the hypogea. Researchers will use ra...

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