Updated 03.11 | Published 03.04
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full screen In 63 clay graves in the Tell al-Dier necropolis, gold pieces, bronze coins and amulets were found on July 25 this year. Photo: Egypt’S Supreme Council Of Antiquities Via AP/TT
A collection of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been found in 63 tombs at the Tell al-Dier necropolis in the Nile Delta, Egyptian authorities have announced.
The objects found include pieces of gold and jewelry from the late Ptolemaic period, according to Antiquities Authority spokesperson Neveine el-Arif.
Statues, amulets and a ceramic vessel containing 38 bronze coins dating from the Ptolemaic period were also found in the burial area.
The Ptolemaic dynasty was Egypt’s last before the area became part of the Roman Empire. The dynasty was founded in 305 BC. This after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I. The leadership was then inherited by Ptolemy’s descendants of which Cleopatra was the last.
Artifacts from the Ptolemaic dynasty went on display for the first time in 2018 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Around 300 objects were then exhibited.