Egypt has shown around 100 sarcophagi over 2,000 years old – News

They belonged to senior officials of the infancy (between 700 and 300 BC) and the Ptolemaic period (323 to 30 BC).

The new treasure was discovered in Saqqara, where already last month around sixty intact sarcophagi dating back more than 2,500 years have been found.

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“Saqqara has not yet revealed all he has. It is a treasure,” Khaled el Enani, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said at the sarcophagus presentation ceremony, the agency reported. Press. AFP.

The Saqqara site, just over 15 kilometers south of the Pyramids of the Giza Plateau, is home to the necropolis of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt, and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The 100 sarcophagi were discovered in three funeral pits 12 meters deep.

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Archaeologists opened one of the coffins inside which lay a mummy wrapped in a shroud adorned with colorful hieroglyphics.

More than 40 statues of ancient deities and funeral masks were also found, according to the minister.

These finds will be distributed in various Egyptian museums, including a new establishment which will open its doors on the outskirts of Cairo.