The Egyptian Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announces the locations of the complete display of the discovered papyrus in Egypt

 Dr. Mustafa Waziri, the Egyptian Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and head of the Egyptian archaeological mission, announced that the Egyptian archaeological mission discovered four papyri in its excavation work during the excavation seasons, and they are all complete papyri from the Book of the Dead.

Waziri explained that three papyri were discovered in Sakkara, and the last one was discovered in Minya as part of the new archaeological excavation in Al-Gharifa, which reached a length of 15 meters and whose colors are very distinctive.

The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities indicated that the first papyrus was displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, then it will be transferred to the Museum of the New Administrative Capital, the second and third papyrus will be displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and the last papyrus discovered in Minya will be displayed in the Grand Egyptian Museum, so that visitors, both Egyptians and foreigners, can see them during their Egypt tours during tourism season.

It is worth noting that in a press conference organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in the archaeological area of Al-Gharifa in Tuna Al-Gabal in Minya Governorate, in the presence of Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Tourism Affairs,Dr. Mustafa Waziri, the Supreme Council of Antiquities' Secretary-General, and Dr. Mohamed Abu Zeid, Deputy Governor of Minya, it was announced that the ministry is represented in the Council. The Supreme Court of Antiquities revealed for the first time the cemetery of senior officials and priests of the New Kingdom in the Al-Ghuraifa area in Tuna Al-Gabal in Minya Governorate.

Dr. Mustafa Waziri began his speech at the conference by talking about the archaeological area of Al-Gharifa in Tuna Al-Gabal in Minya Governorate, where the excavations of the Egyptian Archaeological Mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities under his leadership began in 2017, pointing to the most prominent archaeological discoveries of the mission there with the aim of increasing demand for Egypt travel packages such as Egypt Christmas tours and Egypt Easter tours during the next tourism season.

He also provided details about a recent archaeological discovery made by the Egyptian Archaeological Mission during its seventh excavation season, which commenced in August in the same region. The mission uncovered a cemetery that belonged to senior officials and priests from the New Kingdom of Egypt.

Within the cemetery, numerous tombs were discovered, with many of them carved into the rock. The excavation yielded a wealth of archaeological finds, including amulets, ornaments, and stone and wooden coffins containing mummies. Additionally, a collection of Ushabti statues made of pottery and wood was unearthed. These Ushabti statues were dedicated to important figures such as "Jahuti Miss," who held the title of supervisor of the bulls of the Temple of Amun-Re, and "Nani," who held the title of Jehuti's minstrel.

As cemeteries of the Old Kingdom, according to Dr. Mustafa Waziri, this is the first time a New Kingdom cemetery has been discovered in the fifteenth region of Upper Egypt, the First Intermediate Period, and the Middle Kingdom of this region have been found previously, east of the Nile River in the area of Sheikh Sa’id and Deir al-Barsha, which are rock tombs belonging to the region's rulers and senior officials that tourists can visit during Nile cruise tours in Egypt.

He added that the archaeological evidence indicated that part of this cemetery had been reused in the later eras, as many archaeological finds from the late era were uncovered, such as Ushabti statues of various sizes and manufacturing materials, groups of canopic vessels made of alabaster, limestone, and faience, thousands of amulets, and many stone sarcophagi. The wooden ones are in human shapes, some of which are engraved and colored. Inside are mummies in a good state of preservation and some stone and wooden statues.

One of the burials was also found, containing an engraved and colored wooden coffin of Mrs. Ta-de-Isa, daughter of Eret Haru, the high priest of Djehuti in El-Ashmunein. Next to her were two wooden boxes containing her canopic vessels, in addition to a complete set of Ushabti statues and a statue of Ptah Sokar. For the first time, a scroll containing a complete papyrus in a good state of preservation was found on the site.