He said the identification process was delayed because there were no identification documents with many of the dead pilgrims.
Egypt has revoked the licenses of 16 travel agencies that helped unauthorized pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia, authorities said.
Unlike authorized pilgrims, they had no hotels to return to to escape the scorching heat.
AP journalists saw pilgrims fainting from the scorching heat, especially on the second and third days of the Hajj.
Historically, deaths are not uncommon at the Hajj, which has seen at times over 2 million people travel to Saudi Arabia for a five-day pilgrimage.
Islam follows a lunar calendar, so the Hajj comes around 11 days earlier each year.
By 2029, the Hajj will occur in April, and for several years after that it will fall in the winter, when temperatures are milder. »
