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During its excavation work in the northwest sector of the Karnak Temples, the French archaeological mission affiliated with the French-Egyptian Center for the Study of Karnak Temples (CFEETK), in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French National Center for Scientific Research, discovered a set of jewelry that dates back to the early Twenty-Sixth Dynasty.
This successful collaboration between the French and Egyptian sides was praised by Mr. Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, particularly because it is part of a large project inside the Karnak Temples, one of the most significant ancient Egyptian temples, that aims to develop the open museum area and increase the effectiveness of the services provided to enhance its tourist experience. As part of the open museum development project, the mission restored and reinstalled King Amenhotep I's cabin, updated the museum's visit paths, and installed a new lighting system, all of which helped to turn the museum into a tourist destination for Egyptian tourists.
The significance of this discovery, which helps to provide a clearer picture of the Karnak Temples and its historical changes during the first millennium BC, was emphasized by Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
"The mission discovered this jewelry inside a small broken pottery vessel, but all of the jewelry pieces are in good condition and its parts are complete," he continued.
"The jewelry collection includes rings made of gold and metals, small golden amulets, including a triple statue of the ancient Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, in addition to a metal brooch, amulets representing the gods in animal forms, and a large number of beads, some of which are plated with gold," said Professor Mohamed Abdel Badie, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector.