Tombs of the late Old Kingdom west of the White Monastery (Sohag)

The article presents an overview of the cemeteries in the region of the ancient capital of Akhmim and focusses on the late Old Kingdom rock-cut tombs in the cliffs west of the White Monastery near Sohag. These tombs predate the use of the mountain as a limestone quarry. In one of the tombs, in the sloping passage, five rectangular wooden coffins were found, now in the Sheikh Hammad Magazine at Athribis.