Discovery

Discovering A group of rings, amulets and gold jewelry from the 26th Dynasty in Karnak Temples

Discovering A group of rings, amulets and gold jewelry from the 26th Dynasty in Karnak Temples

 A group of rings, amulets and gold jewelry from the 26th Dynasty discovered in Karnak Temples The Egyptian-French archaeological mission affiliated with the French-Egyptian Center for the Study of Karnak Temples (CFEETK), in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French National Center for Scientific Research, was able to discover a group of jewelry dating back to the beginning of the 26th Dynasty, during the excavation work carried out by the mission in the northwestern sector of Karnak Temples. Mr. Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, praised this fruitful cooperation between the Egyptian and French sides, especially since it comes within a huge project inside Karnak Temples, one of the most important ancient Egyptian temples, which aims to develop the open museum area and raise the efficiency of the services provided to enhance its tourist experience, as the mission updated the museum's visit paths and installed a new lighting system, in addition to restoring and reinstalling the cabin of King Amenhotep I, as part of the open museum development project, which contributes to transforming it into a tourist attraction for Egyptian and tourist visitors. He added that the mission found this jewelry inside a small broken pottery vessel, but its parts are complete, and all the jewelry pieces are in good condition. Professor Mohamed Abdel Badie, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, indicated that the jewelry collection includes rings made of gold and metals, small golden amulets, including a triple statue of the ancient Egyptian gods Amun, Mut and Khonsu, in addition to a metal brooch, amulets representing the gods in animal forms, and a large number of beads, some of which are plated with gold. Dr. Abdel Ghaffar Wagdy, Director General of Luxor Antiquities and head of the mission from the Egyptian side, said that the mission is currently working on restoring and documenting these discoveries, which will be displayed in the Luxor Museum. Dr. Jeremy Hordan, head of the mission from the French side, indicated that the work team is continuing its research work in the area north of the Karnak Temple, where many huge clay buildings dating back to the beginning of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty were discovered, and it is likely that they were used as workshop areas or warehouses linked to the Karnak Temple or other places of worship.