Egyptian archaeologists said Saturday that they discovered 59 well-preserved and sealed coffins in recent weeks that were buried more than 2500 years ago.
Opening one of the richly decorated sarcophagus before the media gathered, the team mummified the remains wrapped in a burial cloth with brightly colored hieroglyphic inscriptions.
For all newer titles, stay on our Google News online channel or in the app.
The spectacular discovery was unearthed south of Cairo in the vast saqqara cemetery, the necropolis of the former Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A mummy is seen inside a painted coffin discovered in the necropolis of Al-Asasif in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. (Reuters)
A photo taken on October 3, 2020 shows Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy (2nd-L) as Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani (left) and Mustafa Waziri (right), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveils the mummy a sarcophagus excavated through the Egyptian archaeological project that runs in the Saqqara necropolis (AFP)