A Swedish-Egyptian archeological mission working in the Gebal al-Silsila area of Aswan discovered four intact child burial sites dating back to the 18th dynasty (1549/1550 BC–1292 BC), Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced through a Ministry statement on Thursday. In the first burial, the archeologists found a mummified body of a child which still retained its linen wrapping and was surrounded by parts of organic material from what was once a wooden coffin. The second grave consisted of a mummified child aged between six and nine years which lay in a wooden coffin, while the third and fourth were children between five and eight years of age. Both of these graves contained a host of funerary decorations, such as amulets and pottery. Head of the Swedish mission Maria Nilsson stated that although the team has found many burial sites during previous excavations, this one sheds particular light on the burial customs during the 18th dynasty, as well as the social, economic and religious life people were engaged in at the time. In related news, an Egyptian-Austrian archeological mission in the Kom Ombo area of Aswan unearthed…
