Ua hoʻolaha ke Kuhina Moʻomeheu o ʻAigupita ua loaʻa i kahi hui archaeological o ʻAigupita mai ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) i mālama maikaʻi ʻia i ke koena o kahi hale hana waina limestone e pili ana i ka wā Byzantine (ke kenekulia ʻeono AD). Ua ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hana maʻamau ma kahi o Sayl al-Tuhfah, ma ke komohana o ka Monastery o Saint Catherine ma Sinai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka SCA, ʻelua ʻāpana o ka hale hana; ʻo ka mua he kīʻaha huinahā me ka pamu ma kekahi welau. Ua uhi ʻia ka lalo o ke kīʻaha me ka plaster. Aia kekahi mau ʻāpana i nā ʻāpana ʻulaʻula o ka waina. Hoʻonani ʻia ka paia ʻākau o kēia kīʻaha me ke ʻano ʻano kea i loko o kahi pōʻai ma lalo o kahi pā lepo. "Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia kēia ʻano pamu e hoʻokahe i ka waina ma hope o ka wili ʻana i nā huawaina a me nā lā," wahi a Hawass.
ʻO Farag Fada, ke poʻo o ka ʻaoʻao Islam a me Coptic, ua nānā i ka wahi a ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka hale hana he ipu e like me ke ʻano o ka luawai me ka lua. Ma kona mau ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ua ʻike ʻia nā papa limestone ʻelua, a i hoʻohana ʻia paha e nā limahana hana hale e kū pono i luna, wahi a Fada.
ʻO Tarek El-Naggar, ke poʻo o ka wā kahiko o Sinai kahiko, i ʻōlelo ʻo ka wahi e hoʻopili ana i ka pauma pālolo i ka lua o ke kīʻaha he lua kona i mea e waiho ai nā ipu i hoʻohana ʻia i ka mālama ʻana i ka waina. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi mua i ka wahi o Sayl al-Tuhfah kahi wahi ʻoihana no ka hana ʻana i ka waina, ʻoiai he nui nā hua waina a me nā lāʻau pāma.
I kēia mau lā, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi ʻike koʻikoʻi ma ka wahi like: ʻelua mau ʻāpana gula o ka Byzantine emperor Valens (AD 364-378) i ʻike ʻia ma ka wahi ʻo Sayl al-Tuhfah ma Gebel Abbas, aia ma ke komohana o ka monastery. Loaʻa nā ʻāpana kālā i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana i hana ʻia e ka SCA. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass, ʻo ia ka manawa mua loa i loaʻa nā mea ma ʻAigupita no ka Emperor Valens.
Ua loaʻa mua nā kālā Valens ma Lebanona a me Suria, ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAigupita. Ua ʻeli pū ʻia nā koena o nā paia me nā ʻāpana pālolo, aniani a me ka porcelain. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fada, aia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o nā ʻāpana ʻelua he kiʻi o ka mōʻī e komo ana i ka lei aliʻi i hoʻonani ʻia me nā lālani ʻelua o nā momi e hoʻopuni ana i kahi keʻa gula, a me kona ʻaʻahu kūlana. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka mōʻī e ʻaʻahu ana i kona ʻaʻahu koa, e paʻa ana i ke koʻokoʻo me ke keʻa ma kona lima hema a me kahi kinipōpō e hoʻopiʻi ʻia e kahi ʻēheu ʻēheu ma kona lima ʻākau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo El-Naggar ua kaomi ʻia nā moni ʻelua ma Antioch (ʻo Antakya i kēia manawa ma Turkey hema). Wehe hou ka ʻeli ʻana i nā mea hou aʻe e hoʻohui i ka ʻike o ka poʻe e pili ana iā Sinai a me kāna mōʻaukala, keu hoʻi i ka wā Byzantine.
