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"Archaeology Magazine" selected Aswan&rsquo;s Great Necropolis, which was discovered in the vicinity of the Aga Khan Mausoleum at Aswan&rsquo;s west bank, as one of the Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries Of 2024.
The American Magazine said about the discovery, "Not every notable discovery consists of a single extraordinary artifact, a previously unknown structure, or a newly revised date for an ancient technology. Some of the most significant discoveries result from ongoing work that allows archaeologists to fully comprehend a site&rsquo;s scope and importance over time. Novel realizations can change what researchers thought they knew".
It's worth mentioning that Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khalid, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities had announced in June that the discovery was made by the joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission, headed by Dr. Patrizia Piacentini, professor of Egyptology at the University of Milan, during its work in the vicinity of the Aga Khan Mausoleum at Aswan&rsquo;s west bank.
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As reported by the magazine, the previously unknown necropolis extends over 25 acres, with more than 400 cemeteries containing the remains of thousands of men, women, and children from the second century BC. to the second century AD, along with artifacts such as statuettes and brightly painted cartonnage, the layers of plaster and linen used to encase mummified people.
The team behind the discovery has learned that the top levels were reserved for wealthy people, including the chief of the Egyptian army in the second century BC, and the lower levels explored in 2024 were used to bury members of the middle class.

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