New Necropolis Containing at Least Seventeen Mummies Unearthed in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered nearly 20 mummies in a complex of catacombs in Minya province, south of Cairo. The ancient artifacts were reportedly found at the Tuna Al-Gabal site at the city in Upper Egypt and it is believed that they date from the Late Period.

Necropolis Found Unexpectedly

Experts from the Faculty of Archaeology at Cairo University have been working at the site, near the necropolis of birds and animals. They recently uncovered an ancient burial site that included at least 17 mummies, with most of them being fully intact. This is one of the latest in a long series of discoveries that the country’s antiquities minister described as a hand of help from the crypt for Egypt’s struggling tourism sector.

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