Many contain intact mummies, and researchers have also found statuettes honoring Egyptian gods and goddesses. "I consider this the beginning of a big discovery," says Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khalid el-Anany.
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute, and the Israel Antiquities Authority find that ancient storage vessels manufactured in the Land of Israel all feature openings of the exact same width.
Ancient mikveh's discovery "changes what we knew about the lifestyle of the Jews in the Second Temple period," say excavation directors Abd Elghani Ibrahim and Dr. Walid Atrash.
"The roads are very, very important for development, for Egyptians, for inside Egypt,” says head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. “Know that we take good care of our antiquities sites everywhere in Egypt."
Researchers hope to discover the identity of the people buried at the Saqqara necropolis two and a half millennia ago.
It is unclear who lived in the palace but there is speculation that it could have served royalty or prominent families.
Israel Antiquities Authority believes fortress was likely built by ancient Egyptians to repel Philistine invaders.
Israel Antiquities Authorities says collection of 425 complete gold coins is an extremely rare find.
Scientists use micro CT scanning to "unwrap" mummies of animals that were apparently made to act as go-betweens between deities and living people.
Tunnel, which is described in a number of Israeli memoirs about the War of Independence, caved in before it could be used to annihilate the Jews of Safed.
