Press Release
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism
Egypt Update

March 20, 1998

Discovery of a Pharaonic tomb in Sohag

A Pharaonic tomb dating back to the old kingdom (2613 BC - 2181 BC) was discovered by an Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Sohag - south of Egypt.

The Pharaonic tomb belonged to a governor called Ithy and his family and the mummies found in the tomb were intact.

 

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