# Gold Treasure Trove Found in Untouched Graves of Ancient Egyptian Necropolis

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/gold-treasure-trove-found-in-untouched-graves-of-ancient-egyptian-necropolis/
- Published: 2024-08-06T09:45:09-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: Some of the gold foil icons discovered in Tel el-Deir. Image courtesy of Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities / Facebook. Article by Michelle Starr. Science Alert – August 5, 2024. An extremely rare discovery has just been made in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Tel el-Deir in Damietta. There, excavations have revealed dozens of burials that have been untouched for millennia; mudbrick chambers that still contained the precious treasures with which the dead had been interred more than 2,500 years ago. […] Click here to view original web page at www.sciencealert.com