Editorial illustration of archaeologists documenting a tomb site in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis

اِكْتِشَافُ ثَلَاثِ مَقَابِرَ قَدِيمَةٍ فِي وَاحَةِ الْبَحَرِيَّةِ بِمِصْرَ

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أَعْلَنَتْ وِزَارَةُ السِّيَاحَةِ وَالْآثَارِ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ يَوْمَ ١٢ أُغُسْطُسَ اِكْتِشَافَ ثَلَاثِ مَقَابِرَ فِي وَاحَةِ الْبَحَرِيَّةِ. وَعَمِلَتْ بَعْثَةٌ أَثَرِيَّةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ فِي مَوْقِعِ الشَّيْخِ صُوبِي.

تَعُودُ الْمَقَابِرُ إِلَى فَتَرَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ مِنْ تَارِيخِ مِصْرَ. وَيُرَجِّحُ الْبَاحِثُونَ أَنَّ الْمَقْبَرَةَ الْأُولَى كَانَتْ لِأُسْرَةٍ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَشْخَاصٍ. أَمَّا الْمَقْبَرَتَانِ الْأُخْرَيَانِ، فَيُرَجَّحُ أَنَّهُمَا مِنَ الْعَصْرِ الرُّومَانِيِّ.

وَجَدَ الْفَرِيقُ مَوْمِيَاوَاتٍ وَتَوَابِيتَ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ الْجِيرِيِّ وَالْفَخَّارِ. كَمَا وَجَدَ أَوَانِيَ فَخَّارِيَّةً وَقُنَيْنَاتٍ صَغِيرَةً وَمَوَائِدَ لِلْقَرَابِينِ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ.

تَقَعُ الْوَاحَةُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الْغَرْبِيَّةِ فِي مِصْرَ. وَيُقَدِّمُ هٰذَا الِاكْتِشَافُ مَعْلُومَاتٍ جَدِيدَةً عَنْ تَارِيخِ سُكَّانِ الْوَاحَةِ قَدِيمًا.

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Three Ancient Tombs Discovered in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of three tombs in the Bahariya Oasis on August 12. An Egyptian archaeological mission worked at the Sheikh Subi site.

The tombs come from different periods of Egyptian history. Archaeologists believe that the first tomb belonged to a family of five people. The other two tombs are believed to be from the Roman period.

The team found mummies and coffins made of limestone and pottery. It also found pottery vessels, small bottles, and offering tables made of stone.

The oasis is in Egypt’s Western Desert. This discovery provides new information about the ancient history of the oasis’s inhabitants.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
بَعْثَةٌ noun mission
أَثَرِيٌّ adjective archaeological
مَقْبَرَةٌ noun tomb
وَاحَةٌ noun oasis
عَصْرٌ noun period; era
مُومِيَاءٌ noun mummy
تَابُوتٌ noun coffin
فَخَّارٌ noun pottery
قُنَيْنَةٌ noun small bottle
قَرْبَانٌ noun offering

Sources

  1. شينخوا العربية: مصر تعلن اكتشاف 3 مقابر أثرية تضم مومياوات وتوابيت حجرية
  2. Kuwait Times: Egypt discovers three tombs dating to different periods in Bahariya Oasis

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