A joint archaeological mission on Thursday found a pharaonic ark and a sand tablet dating back to the 18th century Pharaonic era in the Egyptian city of Luxor, one of whose most prominent rulers was King Tutankhamun.
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mustafa Vaziri, said in a statement that the joint archaeological mission succeeded in finding the coffin in a good state of preservation, missing part of the foot and covered with a layer of mortar.
The Archaeological Mission is a joint collaboration between the French Institute of Oriental Archeology and the University of Strasbourg, France, and works in the area around the cemetery of Peta Minop in the northern region of Jbbana al-Assasif.
The coffin is 1.7 meters long and has been engraved with the name of its owner, "Boya", which is likely to date back to the age of the family 18.
A stone tablet measuring 0.56 meters in length was also found. It was inscribed with three texts of offerings and the names of two senior state officials, Titi Ankh and Anini.
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities recently increased the activities of the archaeological discoveries, as the state seeks to activate the tourism sector, which is one of the pillars of the Egyptian economy.
