Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina moʻomeheu ʻAigupita Farouk Hosni i kēia pule ua kiʻi ʻia kekahi mau sarcophagi lāʻau i pena ʻia i ka wā hope loa (ʻeono kenekulia BC) i ka hema o ke alaloa o ka pyramid o Unas ma Saqqara. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ua wehe ʻia kēia mau sarcophagi i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana i hana ʻia e kahi mikioneli archeological mai ke Kulanui ʻo Cairo.
Ua haʻi ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka ʻaha kiʻekiʻe o ka Antiquities (SCA), ua loaʻa i ka nuʻukia kahi hui o nā ipu canopic, kahi pahu lāʻau a me nā koena o kahi sarcophagus pena ʻia na Maayi, he kākau ʻōlelo ma kahi o ʻO Maat i ke au o ka Mōʻī Ramesses II (1304-1237 BC).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Ola El Aguizy, ka luna mua o ke Kula o ka Archeology a me ke poʻo o ka nuʻukia, ua loaʻa i ke kime archeological o ke kulanui ka ʻaoʻao i koe o ka hale kupapaʻu o Wadj-Mes, kahi luna o nā kiaʻi i ke au o Ramesses II. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hale kupapaʻu i kekahi mau alaloa a me nā ʻāpana o lalo. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana o nā ipu hao, sarcophagi, a me nā palaka i pena ʻia i loko o ka hale kupapaʻu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Ahmed Saeed, ke poʻo kōkua o ka nuʻukia, ua kiʻi ʻia kahi hui o nā kiʻi ushabti i loko o ka hale kupapaʻu o Wadj-Mes, a me ka hale pule ʻo Maayi, kahi e hōʻike nei i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia wahi e like me ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana i nā wā like ʻole o ʻAigupita. mōʻaukala.
Ua ʻike pū ʻia nā papa mōhai a me nā ipu lepo. Ua hoʻomālamalama hou ʻo Saqqara i kāna moʻomeheu waiwai kahiko ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hale kupapaʻu i ka pyramid kahiko o Djoser ma Saqqara.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said that the mission has also found a group of canopic jars, a wooden box and the remains of a painted sarcophagus belonging to Maayi, a scribe in the place of Maat during the reign of King Ramesses II (1304-1237 BC).
- Ola El Aguizy, former Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology and head of the mission, said that the university archeological team found the remaining part of the tomb of Wadj-Mes, an overseer of guards during the reign of Ramesses II.
- Ahmed Saeed, assistant head of the mission, said that a group of ushabti figures was unearthed inside the tomb of Wadj-Mes, as well as Maayi's chapel, which reaffirms the importance of this area as it was used during different periods of Egyptian history.
