Discovery helps 'unveil mystery' about Egypt's 12th Dynasty
On October 2, an Egyptian and German archaeological delegation announced a remarkable discovery in Assuit province, in Upper Egypt.
On October 2, an Egyptian and German archaeological delegation announced a remarkable discovery in Assuit province, in Upper Egypt.
Coffin of Governor Jifai-Hapi's daughter. (Illustration photo).
According to a reporter in Egypt, during the search for artifacts, archaeologists discovered the burial chamber of an upper-class woman named Edi, the daughter of Jifai-Hapi , Governor of Assuit during the reign of Pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt (from 1991 - 1778 BC). The burial chamber was found during the excavation of Jifai-Hapi's tomb in the western mountains of Assuit, which is considered the largest non-royal burial site of that period in ancient Egypt.
According to Mohamed Ismail, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), preliminary studies have shown that the woman, named Edi, died before the age of 40 and was born with a foot defect. The tomb contained two elaborately painted wooden coffins, nested inside each other. Both were fully engraved with descriptions of the journey to the afterlife. The coffins also contained jars containing organs and several wooden statues.
The mummies in this burial chamber were found dismembered and the jars containing organs were smashed, suggesting that the place had been looted in ancient times.
Archaeologists will continue to conduct excavations inside the mausoleum and further study the relics to shed light on the story of Governor Jifai-Hapi and his daughter, as well as "unravel the mystery" of the historical era in which they lived.
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