The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that an Egyptian-American archaeological mission discovered a royal cemetery dating back to the second transfer era in the mountain of Jabal Anubis in the Abidus region of Sohag Governorate, while another Egyptian mission managed to reveal a pottery workshop dating back to the Roman era in the village of Banouit. Joseph and Junner, head of the Egyptian-American mission, explained in a statement carried by the Middle East News Agency (ASA), that the royal cemetery is located at a depth of seven meters below the surface of the earth, and includes a burial room of limestone topped by cellars of mud brick with a height of five meters, and its entrances are decorated with prominent inscriptions of the two deities Isis and Nifais, in addition to yellow written bars that have the name of the king buried in it, but His identity has not yet been determined. Mohamed Abdel Badie, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, pointed out that preliminary studies indicate that the cemetery belongs to one of the kings who preceded King Senp Kai, whose grave was discovered in Abydos in 2014, pointing out that its size is greater than other graves attributed to the Abidus family, which enhances the understanding of the development of funerary architecture in that era. The mountain of Jabal Anubis is one of the most important royal sites in Abydos, where the mountain took the form of a natural pyramid, which prompted King Senusrt III (1874-1855 BC) to build its huge tomb below, and the kings of the thirteenth family and the Abydos family later chose to establish their royal graves. In a related context, the ministry announced that the Egyptian mission operating in the village of Banouit in Sohag found a pottery workshop dating back to the Roman era, and studies indicate that it was re -used as a faction between the seventh and fourteenth centuries AD, where the tombs of milk bricks were discovered that include skeletons and mummies, which are likely to have been family graves. Among the most prominent discoveries is a mummy for a child found in the sleeping position and wears a colored tissue head covering, in addition to a skull for a lady in the third decade of life, and the remains of plants such as wheat, dom palm and barley, which reflects the activities of daily life in that era. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, stressed that these discoveries provide new scientific evidence about the development of royal funerary architecture in Abydos during the second transfer era (1700-1600 BC), and also contributes to a deeper understanding of social and political life in ancient Egypt.
