The Archaeological Mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has uncovered around 250 several rock tombs at the al-Hamdiya necropolis in the mountains east of the Sohag governorate, as part of documentation and restoration work being done in the area. The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri explained that the tombs were carved at various levels into the mountain, and some were found with burial wells or ramps ending in a burial chamber. They date back from the end of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Ptolemaic period. Waziri explained that the tomb also featured a false door covered in Hieroglyphic inscriptions, alongside depictions of sacrifices and offerings to the dead. As part of the project, more than 300 tombs in the area, which extend from The Sheikhs Nag in the North, have been registered and documented.
