Ua ʻike ʻia kahi cachette archaeological hou i kēia pule ma ke komohana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo ʻAigupita. ʻO kēia ʻike hou kahi ʻāpana o kahi papahana e ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo ʻAigupita ma Tahrir Square ma Cairo.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka SCA, ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, aia i loko o ka cachette he ʻeiwa mau mea waiwai, ma waena o lākou he papa ʻaina hāʻawi, ʻo ka ʻaoʻao o luna o kahi stela limestone, nā pōhaku e loaʻa ana i nā hieroglyphs, a me kahi kumu kolamu Ramesside limestone i kahakaha ʻia, me kahi cobra i loaʻa ma hope.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass, ua ʻike mua ʻia nā cachette ʻelua ma ka māla o ka hale hōʻikeʻike. Ma mua o ka makahiki 1952, ua kanu nā mea kālaihonua i nā mea waiwai i kānalua ʻia ma laila, akā ma hope wale nō o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i loko o ka waihona moʻokalaleo a paʻi ʻia i ka ʻepekema. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kēia cachette hou loa.
E hana ana ka papahana hoʻomohala hale hōʻikeʻike i ala hou no ka poʻe e kipa ana i ka hale hōʻikeʻike. E noho mau ana ka puka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka puka nui, akā aia ka puka ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike kahi e ʻike ai nā malihini i kahi hale kūʻai puke nui, kahi hale ʻaina a me nā mea pono. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Hawass, e hoʻonohonoho pū ka papahana hoʻomohala i ka hale haʻahaʻa o ka hale hōʻikeʻike i mea e hoʻokipa ai i nā keʻena haʻiʻōlelo, kahi hale hōʻikeʻike pōkole a me nā keʻena aʻo.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The museum entrance will remain the main gate, but the exit will be at the museum's western side where visitors will find a large bookstore, a cafeteria and facilities.
- Zahi Hawass said that the cachette includes nine artifacts, among them an offertory table, the upper part of a limestone stela, stones bearing hieroglyphs, and an engraved Ramesside limestone column base, with a cobra found next to it.
- This new discovery was part of a project by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) to enhance the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in Cairo.
