Ma ʻAigupita, ua loaʻa i kahi misionari Farani-ʻAigupita kekahi hale kahiko ma kahi o Ain Sokhna, ma kahi o 120 km hema hikina o Kairo. ʻO ka hale ʻāpana ʻehā me kahi keʻena i loko mai ka Middle Kingdom (ca. 1665-2061 BC), a hoʻopuni i ʻeiwa mau hale kiʻi a me ʻekolu mau ala haiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr. Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), ua hana ka hui archaeological ma ia kahua mai ka makahiki 1999, i ka wā i ʻike ai lākou i nā koena o kahi noho aupuni Middle Kingdom. He kikowaena lohi koʻikoʻi kēia noho ʻana i lawelawe i nā ʻano hana like ʻole.
I kēia makahiki, ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ʻeli ʻana i loko o nā hale kiʻi i ka hui i kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā moku pālolo e lawe ana i nā inoa o nā mōʻī o ka ʻEhā a me ʻElima mau mōʻī, a me nā papa kedera nui a me nā kaula mai nā waʻa i hoʻohana ʻia e hele i ke kahawai ʻo Suez a hiki i Sinai, kahi o ka turquoise. a ua eliia ke keleawe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo George Castle, ke poʻo o ka hui Farani, ua loaʻa nā mea hoʻonohonoho koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kēia mau huakaʻi ma ka pūnaewele, e komo pū ana me kahi kūwaho kūlohelohe ma ke kai. Ua loaʻa nā koena o nā ʻoihana he nui, ʻo ka mea nui o ia mau mea no ke Aupuni Kahiko. Ua loaʻa pū kekahi hale huinaha i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ke kikowaena o ka paʻakikī kumu.
Ma kahi hoʻomohala hou aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia kahi pūʻulu o nā hale kālai pōhaku i ka manawa waena (ca. 2190-2016 BC) ma Ehnasya El-Medina ma Beni Suef Governorate i ka wā o nā ʻeli maʻamau i hana ʻia e ka misionari archaeological Spanish i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Archaeological National ma Madrid.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass, ʻo nā ʻeli ʻana i loko o ka pā o ka luakini o ke akua ʻo Heryshef ua hōʻike ʻia kahi ʻāpana o ka pahu kolamu; i loko o ka hale hypostyle ua ʻike ka hui Sepania i nā palapala ʻaoʻao Rames a me kahi ʻāpana o ka puka hoʻopunipuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carmen Perez-Die, ke poʻo o ka misionari, ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka necropolis ʻo First Intermediate Period e kokoke ana i ka luakini, ua ʻike ʻia kahi puka hoʻopunipuni piha mai kahi lua kupapaʻu ʻike ʻole. Ua loaʻa pū i ka hui nā puka hoʻopunipuni i puhi ʻia a hāʻawi i nā papaʻaina, me nā koena o nā iwi iwi i ke kūlana ʻilihune loa. Ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka lua kupapaʻu, ua ʻeli ʻia ʻelua mau lua kupapaʻu me nā iwi i mālama maikaʻi ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- This year, excavations in the galleries led the team to a collection of clay vessels bearing the names of kings of the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties, as well as large cedar planks and ropes from boats used to cross the Gulf of Suez to Sinai, where turquoise and copper were mined.
- Carmen Perez-Die, the head of the mission, said that on the western side of the First Intermediate Period necropolis located near the temple, a complete false door from an unidentified tomb was unearthed.
- Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the archaeological team has been working at the site since 1999, when they found the remains of a Middle Kingdom settlement.
