The archaeological mission aims to understand the social and economic situation of the residents of the city of Akhetaten, as well as the quality of food and common diseases in Ancient Egypt.
Archaeologists from an Egyptian-English mission from the University of Cambridge have discovered several gold jewels in the antiquities area of Tel el-Amarna in Minya Governorate, Egypt. The discovery was made in a burial during the excavation work in the General Cemetery of the North. Two unearthed rings were engraved with images and hieroglyphs.communicated, this Tuesday, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt.
Professor Gamal El-Samastawy, Director General of Antiquities of Central Egypt, mentioned that a set of gold ornaments consisting of three rings ‘Tawi‘What does it mean ‘the daughter of the Lady of the Two Lands‘and also a small necklace of hollow gold beads.
The mission has been working in this place for several years with the aim of studying the social and economic situation of the residents of the city of Akhetaten (currently Tel el-Amarna). Akhetaten was the capital of Egypt during the era of King Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti, 3,000 years ago. Akhenaten advocated monotheism and the worship of one god, whom he called Aten.
Likewise, the mission intends to understand food quality and common diseases in this period of Ancient Egyptian history, commented Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Source: RT
