A large temple with rare archeological pieces has been discovered, Alaa al-Sebaei, Tourism and Antiquities Police directorate official in Upper Egypt’s Sohag, told Youm7 Wednesday.
Sebaei was notified that a citizen excavated beneath his house in Sakulta, a small Upper Egyptian city near Akhmim; the security forces stormed the citizen’s house and arrested him.
The security forces found a big hole leading to a crypt then to a big temple that dates back to the Roman Empire.
An old kingdom boat at Abusir area was discovered by a mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Egypt, Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damaty said in a statement Monday.
The sarcophagus of Ankh-f-n-khonsu, a high priest of ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra, has been unearthed in the west bank of Luxor, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al Damaty announced Nov. 26, 2015.
