Five Ancient Roman Tombs With Different Architectural Style Discovered In Egypt

AncientPages.com - Five ancient Roman tombs with different architectural style have been discovered in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis.

The tombs, unearthed in Beir Al-Shaghala necropolis in the Western Desert are built in mud brick and contain several artifacts, including the remains of a funerary mask depicting a human face.

Some parts of the tombs are still   buried in sand, but the excavations continue.

Some of the discovered clay pots. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

According to the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Department, one of the tombs was constructed in the shape of a pyramid.

The tomb with pyramid shaped end. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

One of the five tombs has   an entrance leading to a rectangular hall with two burial chambers while another tomb has a vaulted ceiling and its entrance leads to a burial chamber.

Two other tombs share one entrance and each tomb has a separate burial chamber with a vaulted ceiling.

Bei'r Al-Shaghala necropolis. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

The ancient Roman tombs are in good state and can eventually provide scientist with more historical information.

The funerary mask. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

One of the discovered ostraca. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Artifacts discovered in the tombs include a number of different objects. Scientists found a set of pottery vessels of different shapes and sizes, a clay incense burner, an ancient human funerary mask, two ostraca, one of which contains hieroglyphic text while the second bears text written in Hieratic.

Archaeologists came also across remains of a small sandstone sphinx.

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