A long year of discoveries seems to be far from reaching an end, as 56 jars filled with embalming materials for mummification were found at Deir el-Bahari in Luxor by a Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission from the University of Alcala. The jars belong to Ipi, vizier and overseer of Thebes and member of the elite during the reign of Amenemhat I of the early Twelfth Dynasty. The jars have seen the light in a cleaning process by the team to the tomb of “Ipi”, where they found the jars in an additional chamber northeast of the tomb’s corner. Nonetheless, the team was not the first to discover the jars. Among the most outstanding pieces of the collection are Nile clay and marl jars, some with potmarks and hieratic writing.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 23, 2017 06:22 UTC