More re recent discoveries at Abydos

Tass (Geoffrey Tassie) posted this comment in reply to one of the recent posts re Abydos and I thought it well worth promoting to a post in its own right in case anyone had missed it:

This seems to be another report on the work of two young Egyptian inspectors working at Abydos. They gave a lecture on their finds at Origins 3. There seems to be a group of probably Dynasty I tombs that are overlaen and cut into by later tombs, the exact date of these later tombs is not clear although Late Antique was mentioned. I talked to these guys and they are really nice, trained by the BMP. The large mud-brick lined chambered tombs of Dynasty I are not royal, and neither are the later ones. Neither can we assume that they belong to the people who built the tombs of the Early Dynastic kings buried at Abydos. However, more will come out about this find as it is a rescue excavation (like many in Egypt) as they are threatened by the nearby village spreading, in fact tombs are probably under the football pitch of the village, which is not quite Old Trafford or the San Siro and wouldn't really matter if it was moved elsewhere. I hope this helps as these news stories have been very confusing on this matter.