Egypt unearths 250 tombs dating back 4,200 years
Tombs ranged in age from the end of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Ptolemaic period
Tombs contained small alabaster vessels, animal and human bones, as well as limestone remnants thought to be funerary plates
Updated 2 min 41 sec ago
Mohammed Abu Zaid
May 12, 2021 19:59
CAIRO: Around 250 tombs dating back around 4,200 years have been unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt.
The country’s archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities made the finds in the southern province of Sohag.
The graves, discovered in Sohag’s Al-Hamidiyah cemetery, included “some with a well or several burial wells and other cemeteries with a sloping corridor that ends with a burial room,” the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry said in a statement.
RIYADH: Prior to the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Japan had witnessed a surge in the number of tourists from Saudi Arabia, and the country’s tourism board is keen to revitalize this once international travel resumes on May 17.
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), a total of 11,152 Saudi tourists visited the East Asian country in 2019, a year-on-year surge of 50.6 percent.
However, due to global travel restrictions as a result of the pandemic, Tomoko Kikuchi, executive director of the JNTO’s Dubai Preparation Office, told Arab News the numbers declined rapidly last year.
“Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, the number decreased more than 90 percent in 2020. We do not expect it to recover soon, but we hope to return to 2019 levels at the soonest,” she said.
NEW YORK: The Houthi assault in Yemen’s Marib province has caused “astonishing” loss of life, including many children, the UN’s special envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday.
“I cannot re-emphasize enough what is at stake in Marib,” Martin Griffiths told the Security Council during a briefing on the conflict.
He said the Houthi offensive, which has been ongoing for more than a year, “has caused an astonishing loss of life, including children who have been thrown mercilessly into the battle.
“Internally displaced persons, who have sought refuge in Marib continue to live in fear for their lives. Civilians have been displaced multiple times. And the offensive has been constantly disrupting peace efforts.”