Egyptian archaeologists said Saturday that they have discovered 59 well-preserved and sealed coffins in recent weeks buried more than 2500 years ago.
Opening one of the richly decorated sarcophagus before the media assembly, the team mummified the remains wrapped in burial fabric with brightly colored hieroglyphic inscriptions.
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The spectacular place unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling Saqqara Cemetery, the necropolis of the former Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mostafa Waziri, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, in the center, reacts after the opening of the sarcophagus that is about 2500 years old at the archaeological site of Saqqara, 30 kilometers south of Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, October 3, 2020. (AP)