archaeology news for Feb 23-Feb 28

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Egypt Uncovers 2,000 Year Old Cemetery

After several months of excavation work, Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Saturday that an ancient cemetery had been discovered near the city of Minya, south of Cairo.

The large necropolis is located 2.5 miles north of the Tuna al-Gabal area, a vast archaeological site on the edge of the western desert. The area is known to house ancient catacombs from the Pharaonic Late Period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.

7,000 Year Old Native American Burial Site Found in Gulf of Mexico

The Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) site is reportedly unprecedented and is located on the continental shelf in offshore waters, preserved in what appears to have been a peat-bottomed freshwater pond thousands of years ago.

The state says that out of respect for the individuals buried there and their living descendants, divers are restricted from disturbing the site.