A mission of Swedish archaeologists discovered a set of 40 graves with bones dating from the 18th Pharaonic dynasty (1295-1186 BC), in the monumental city of Asuán in southern Egypt.
In the 18th dynasty belong to some of the most relevant and known pharaohs, as Thutmose I, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun.
The director of the Ministry of Antiquities Egyptology department, Mohamed Afifi, said today (30), told the Spanish news agency EFE, the importance of the discovery of the bones of men, women and children of different ages, in the mountains Al Silsila.
"Regardless of who owns, this discovery reveals the presence of human activity in this area," said Afifi, who indicated that quickly will determine the identity of the buried.
The graves, located on the east bank of the Nile, are carved in stone, footbridges have dug in the ground and one or two square rooms with no inscriptions on the walls.
Some of these boardwalks begin with stairs leading to a chamber and a main entrance, said Afifi, who added that it is likely that the tombs were reused during the 19th dynasty.
On the other hand, the Director-General of Antiquities Asuán, Nasr Salama, valued in a statement the importance of being found the stairs because they were never discovered structures of this type in the area.
Experts from the University of Lund also found a small structure carved in the rock, consisting of two rooms in good condition and a decorated entrance with a solar disk with wings.
The Swedish mission, which began its work in the area in 2012, has conducted the first of the graves cleaning and have removed the sand.
According to Salama, the excavations showed that the place has deteriorated due to erosion and the high level of underground water.
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