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| Name(s) | Tjt (?) |
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| Culture | Greco - Egyptian |
| Date(s) | 333 BC to AD 300 |
| Site | Aswan |
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In the fall of 2018, an Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working at the Aga Khan Mausoleum area on Aswan West Bank, discovered a rock-cut tomb for a person named Tjt, which dated to the Late Graeco-Roman Period. Inside the tomb were found parts of a painted wooden coffin, and fragments of another presenting a complete text including the name of the owner.
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The tomb contained one large chamber and several connected burial chambers, one tomb had been cut into the floor. A number of other rooms were also located. The team found writing that indicated that it belonged to an individual named Tjt.
Among the 30 mummies within the tomb, there were discovered two mummies, one atop the other, which researchers are speculating to have been a mother and her child. They were still covered by painted cartonnage.
Unusual was also the discovery of an intact stretcher made with palm wood and linen strips, used by the those who deposited the mummies in the tomb. At the entrance of the room, vessels containing bitumen for mummification, white cartonnage ready to be painted and a lamp were also discovered.
External Links[]
http://luxortimes.com/2019/04/italian-archaeologists-discover-graeco-roman-rock-cut-tomb-in-aswan/
https://www.foxnews.com/science/mummies-discovered-mother-child