Ancient industrial workshops dating from the Late Period to the early Ptolemaic era, along with a Roman-era cemetery, have been discovered at the Kom al-Ahmar and Kom Wasit sites in Egypt’s Western Nile Delta. The find, announced by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Tuesday, includes a large industrial building containing at least six rooms. The excavations also revealed a portion of a Roman cemetery featuring three distinct burial methods: direct ground burials, burials within pottery coffins, and child burials placed inside large amphorae. A bio-archaeological study is currently underway on the remains of 23 individuals found at the site, including men, women, and children. The discovery was made by a joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission involving the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Padua.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 30, 2025 18:12 UTC