Egypt Displays Coffins Buried 2,500 Years Ago
October 4, 2020
4:04 pm
Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that were buried more than 2,500 years ago.
Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media, the team revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours.
The dramatic find was unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
โWe are very happy about this discovery,โ said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Since the …
