CAIRO, June 24 (World Daily Times) — Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said archaeologists uncovered a burial cache at the Panhesy tomb site in the Matariya section of Ain Shams, within the Heliopolis necropolis, where the group found five pairs of yellow-colored metal earrings, carved scarabs and other small objects beneath a burial structure containing human remains.
The ministry announced the discovery on May 31 and said the earrings may be made of gold. Officials also released images showing cosmetic containers, a copper mirror, two alabaster kohl containers with traces of ancient eye makeup, and a third kohl container made of black obsidian.
The ministry said four stones were recovered as part of the cache, including two that are believed to be agate.
Officials described the group of artifacts as the first nearly complete funerary assemblage ever discovered in the area. They said the find builds on earlier discoveries at the site during the same excavation season, including mudbrick and limestone funerary structures and two coffins found in fragmented condition.