Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced on Saturday 23 rd of November 2019 at a press conference a new discovery in the Saqqara necropolis carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission led by Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The discovery was made in the sacred animals necropolis. It is the same location where, last year, the archaeological mission unearthed dozens of mummified cats, scarab beetles, cobras and crocodiles, along with the exceptionally well-preserved tomb of the Fifth Dynasty royal priest Wahtye.