El-Assasif

Coordinates: 25°43′58″N 32°36′47″E / 25.73278°N 32.61306°E / 25.73278; 32.61306
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1854 view through the granite upper gate of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, looking down into the plain of the Assasif, by John Beasley Greene

El-Assasif (

Arabic: العساسيف) is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'
.

El-Assasif contains burials from the 18th, 22nd, 25th and 26th dynasties of ancient Egypt, covering the period c. 1550 to 525 BC across all three dynasties.

Archaeology

In November 2018, France's University of Strasbourg announced the discovery of two sarcophagi thought to be more than 3,500 years old with two perfectly preserved mummies and approximately 1,000 funerary statues in the Assasif valley near Luxor. One of the tombs with paintings where the female body found, was opened to the public in front of the international media, but the other one was previously opened by Egyptian antiquities officials.[1][2]

In October 2019, 30 coffins (3.000 year-old) were uncovered and presented, dating back to the

hieroglyphs, and the Book of the Dead, a series of spells that allowed the soul to navigate the afterlife. Some of the coffins had the names of the dead engraved on them.[4][5][6][7]

Notable burials

18th Dynasty

22nd Dynasty

Cachette currently under investigation and restoration

25th Dynasty

26th Dynasty

See also

  • List of Theban Tombs

References

  1. ^ "Ancient Egyptian tomb unveiled". BBC News. 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. ^ "Ancient tomb unveiled in Egypt". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. ^ "Rare discovery of 30 coffins at Assasif necropolis in Luxor". Egypt Today. 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ Alaa Elassar (20 October 2019). "Egypt unveils discovery of 30 ancient coffins with mummies inside". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ "Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor". BBC News. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  6. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  7. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2020-09-17.

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