A team of Spanish archaeologists, led by Mayte Mascorro and Esther Pons Melado of the University of Barcelona and the Institute of the Ancient Near East, have discovered several tombs dating from the Ptolemaic and Roman eras, as well as mummies from the Roman era.
According to Adel Okasha, head of the Central Department of Egyptian Antiquities in Central Egypt, the mission discovered fragments of papyrus inside a clay seal and numerous mummies wrapped in colorful fabrics. The faces of some mummies were covered by golden and colorful funerary masks.
The team also discovered several architectural elements, burials and other archaeological objects at the Saqqara site.