The Quesna Quarries Cemetery is a very import archaeological site in the Delta, as it is located in the Kfour al-Raml area of Quesna in Monufiya Governorate. Some of these are human-shaped stone coffins and a huge granite sarcophagus of one of the most important priests in the city of Atrib (Banha), capital of the tenth nome of Lower Egypt, Mustafa Rizk, head of the archaeological mission and director general of the Monufiya Antiquities District, stated. The results of the archaeological mission’s work resulted in the discovery of a number of tombs and architectural units. The mission also discovered a number of golden flakes in the form of scarab, lotus flower and a number of funeral amulets, stone scarabs and pottery utensils that were used in the mummification process, Qutb Fawzy, Head of the Central Department of Lower Egypt, said. He added that the excavations inside the cemetery revealed that they were used during three different time periods.Īs the archaeological finds suggest the burial customs at each level of burial were found different from each other, and had different burial directions, which probably were to re-use the cemetery in the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, the Ptolemaic period, and two phases in the Roman period. There are three burial chambers also that coincide with the rest of the design. There are many main vaults of entry and exit points : north and south and mud bricks for the burial well. The cemetery is characterized by a unique architectural style.

Photos of mummies photos of gold