Editing Aswan (section)

=== Archaeological findings ===
In April 2018, the [[Ministry of Antiquities (Egypt)|Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities]] announced the discovery of the head of the bust of Roman Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] at the Temple of [[Kom Ombo]] during work to protect the site from groundwater.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-22|title=Shrine to Osiris and bust of Roman emperor found in Egypt|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/shrine-to-osiris-and-bust-of-roman-emperor-found-in-egypt/article/520449|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.digitaljournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=DPA|first=Daily Sabah with|date=2018-04-22|title=Archeologists find Roman emperor bust, ancient shrine in Egypt|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/04/22/archeologists-find-roman-emperor-bust-ancient-shrine-in-egypt|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Daily Sabah|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-22|title=Archaeologists find bust of Roman emperor in Egypt dig in Aswan|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1289571/art-culture|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2018, the Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany announced that a sandstone [[sphinx]] statue had been discovered at the temple of Kom Ombo. The statue, measuring approximately {{cvt|28|cm}} in width and {{cvt|38|cm}}) in height, probably dates to the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic Dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archaeologists discover sphinx in Egyptian temple|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/9/17/egypt-archaeologists-discover-sphinx-in-temple-at-aswan|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Heffron|first=Claire|date=2018-09-17|title=Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egyptian temple|url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/17/archaeologists-discover-ancient-sphinx-in-egyptian-temple|access-date=2020-12-28|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-09-17|title=Egyptian archaeologists find sphinx at Aswan temple|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45546415|access-date=2020-12-28}}</ref>

Archaeologists discovered 35 mummified remains of Egyptians in a tomb in Aswan in 2019. Italian archaeologist [[Patrizia Piacentini]] and El-Enany both reported that the tomb, where the remains of ancient men, women and children were found, dates back to the [[Greco-Roman world|Greco-Roman period]] between 332 BC and 395 AD. While the findings assumed belonging to a mother and a child were well preserved, others had suffered major destruction. Other than the mummies, artifacts including painted funerary masks, vases of bitumen used in mummification, pottery and wooden figurines were revealed. Thanks to the [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphs]] on the tomb, it was detected that the tomb belongs to a tradesman named Tjit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/24/mummified-remains-of-35-ancient-egyptians-found-in-aswan|title=Mummified remains of 35 ancient Egyptians found in Aswan|last=Giuffrida|first=Angela|date=2019-04-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725203757/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/24/mummified-remains-of-35-ancient-egyptians-found-in-aswan|archive-date=2019-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-mummies-aswan-hidden-tomb-scli-intl/index.html|title=At least 34 mummies found in hidden Egyptian tomb|first=Emily |last=Dixon|date=2019-04-25|website=CNN Travel|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725203757/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-mummies-aswan-hidden-tomb-scli-intl/index.html|archive-date=2019-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2019/04/23/egyptian-necropolis-with-35-mummies-found_b19e4e39-c00d-4069-a42d-528cf82c5ee7.html|title=Egyptian necropolis with 35 mummies found - Culture|date=2019-04-23|website=ANSAMed|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725203758/http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2019/04/23/egyptian-necropolis-with-35-mummies-found_b19e4e39-c00d-4069-a42d-528cf82c5ee7.html|archive-date=2019-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref>

Piacentini commented "It's a very important discovery because we have added something to the history of Aswan that was missing. We knew about [[tomb]]s and [[Necropolis|necropoli]] dating back to the second and third millennium, but we didn't know where the people who lived in the last part of the Pharaonic era were. Aswan, on the [[Egypt–Sudan border|southern border of Egypt]], was also a very important trading city".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Stan Hendrick, [[John Coleman Darnell]] and Maria Gatto in 2012 excavated petroglyphic engravings from Nag el-Hamdulab in Aswan which featured representations of a boat procession, solar symbolism and the earliest depiction of the [[White Crown]] with an estimated dating range between 3200BC and 3100BC.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hendrickx |first1=Stan |last2=Darnell |first2=John Coleman |author2-link=John Coleman Darnell |last3=Gatto |first3=Maria Carmela |title=The earliest representations of royal power in Egypt: the rock drawings of Nag el-Hamdulab (Aswan) |journal=[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]] |date=December 2012 |volume=86 |issue=334 |pages=1068–1083 |doi=10.1017/S0003598X00048250 |s2cid=53631029 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/earliest-representations-of-royal-power-in-egypt-the-rock-drawings-of-nag-elhamdulab-aswan/5DB2326AD5659EF652D1F77C2B713729 |language=en |issn=0003-598X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In February 2021, archaeologists from the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced significant discoveries at an archaeological site called Shiha Fort in Aswan, namely a [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic period]] temple, a Roman fort, an early Coptic church and an inscription in [[hieratic]] script. According to [[Mostafa Waziri]], the crumbling temple was decorated with palm leaf carvings and an incomplete sandstone panel that described a Roman emperor. Researcher Abdel Badie states more generally that the church contained ovens used to bake pottery, four rooms, a long hall, stairs, and stone tiles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ruins Of Ancient Ptolemaic Temple Discovered In Egypt - Greek City Times|date=3 February 2021|url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/03/ancient-ptolemaic-temple-egypt/|access-date=2021-02-05|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Geggel|first=Laura|title=Ruins of ancient church and temple discovered in Egypt|url=https://www.livescience.com/fort-church-temple-ancient-egypt.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=livescience.com|date=2 February 2021|language=en}}</ref>