The Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, announced a new archaeological discovery in the Saqqara archaeological area, which includes 75 statues of cats of various sizes and shapes made of wood and bronze, 25 wooden boxes with covers decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions inside the mummies of cats, and wood statues of various animals.
The minister described the new discovery as a "complete museum" that included statues of various animals;
This came during a press conference, attended by more than 40 ambassadors to Arab and foreign countries and a group of public figures.
The new discovery also includes a large scarab made of stone, and other small scarabs made of wood and sandstone with scenes of gods and a statue of wood characteristic shape of the ibis, and a set of statues of ancient Egyptian gods.
The Egyptian minister said that the mission also found two small limestone coffins of the Bastet cat, as well as a stone painting with the pyramid name of King Basmatik I of the family 26, a small wooden box with the remains of a gilded mask, and two wooden statues of two women each with a cobra head. Of cobra statues.
The minister pointed out that this disclosure is not the last this year, but there is another disclosure will be announced in December.