Egypt discovers archaeological industrial zone in Luxor’s ‘Valley of the Monkeys’

Egypt discovers archaeological industrial zone in Luxor’s ‘Valley of the Monkeys’

by Joseph Anthony
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Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, explains paintings on the newly renovated tomb wall of boy pharaoh King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt on Thursday unveiled two archaeological discoveries in Luxor including an industrial zone at the southern cityโ€™s West Valley, also known as the Valley of the Monkeys.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 workshops in the industrial area, the Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement. The area is โ€œcomposed of houses for storage and the cleaning of the funerary furniture with many potteries dated to Dynasty 18,โ€ the excavation teamโ€™s leader, Zahi Hawass, said in the statement.

The team had been working in the Valley of the Monkeys, which is located at Luxorโ€™s western bank of the Nile, since 2017.

The manufacturing area contains a deep cut and a water storage tank that had been used by workers, the statement said. Between them the archaeologists have found a scarab ring, hundreds of inlay beads and golden objects that were used to decorate royal coffins and some inlays known as the wings of Horus.

The team also discovered a tomb in Luxorโ€™s East Valley, also known as the Valley of Kings, where it found โ€œthe tools that the ancient Egyptians used to construct a royal tomb,โ€ Hawass said. The East Valley contains famous royal tombs.

The discoveries are the latest in a series of major findings of ancient relics that Egypt hopes will revive a tourist business that has been hit by political instability.

REUTERS

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