Aswan’s Tourism and Antiquities Police secured new archaeological discoveries during a Wednesday raid on an illegal excavation, near the Temple of Edfu. The police received reports of a group searching for antiquities around the ancient Edfu Temple, north of Aswan. After obtaining permission from prosecutors, the police arrested the suspects as they were making three archaeological excavations near the Edfu Temple. Four suspects were arrested with digging tools, while the owner of the house where excavations took place escaped. In the second excavation, a pit containing six artifacts was discovered, including two parts of a base of a red granite pillar, two parts of a sandstone pillar, and pottery dating back to the Roman era.

Source: Egypt Independent November 29, 2018 10:07 UTC