New tombs and golden amulets found in New Damietta

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A group of 20 Late Period burials with golden amulets has been uncovered in the Tell el-Deir necropolis in New Damietta.

New tombs and golden amulets found in New Damietta
One of the Late Period burials discovered at Tell el-Deir in New Damietta.

The Egyptian team discovered structures ranging from simple burial pits to more elaborate mud-brick structures dating to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty.

Golden amulets discovered in the Late Period burials at Tell el-Deir.

The burials contained bodies that were covered with thin gold foils in the shapes of Isis, Bastet, and other deities, together with scarabs and miniature model canopic jars.

Miniature pottery canopic jars from Tell el-Deir.

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