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.
