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Egyptian authorities unveiled Saturday the mummy of a well-preserved woman kept in an unopened coffin in Luxor, southern Egypt, dating back more than 3,000 years ago.
The sarcophagus, an ancient coffin, was one of two discovered earlier this month by a French-led mission in the northern region of El-Asasef, a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile. The first had been opened earlier and examined by Egyptian antiquities officials.
"One of the sarcophagi was rishi style, dating back to the seventeenth dynasty, while the other sarcophagus was from the eighteenth dynasty," said Minister of Antiquities, Khaled Al Anani. "Both graves were present with their mummies inside."
The eighteenth dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC. AD, a period marked by some of the most famous pharaohs, including Tutankhamen and Ramses II.
Wooden masks discovered in the tomb recently discovered in the al-Assassif necropolis in Luxor
It was the first time the authorities had opened an unopened sarcophagus for international media.
Earlier in the day, the authorities also revealed in the same area the grave of the supervisor of the mummification sanctuary identified as Thaw-Irkhet-if.
The tomb contained five colorful masks and about 1,000 Ushabti statutes – the miniature figurine of servants serving the dead in the afterlife.
Three hundred cubic meters of rubble were removed in five months to discover the tomb, which contained colorful ceiling paintings depicting the owner and his family.
An artifact on the Luxor search site
The tomb, which also contains mummies, skeletons and skulls, dates back to the Middle Kingdom nearly 4,000 years ago, but was reused at the end of the period.
The ancient Egyptians mummified humans to preserve their bodies beyond, while animal mummies were used as religious offerings.
Egypt has revealed more than a dozen ancient discoveries since the beginning of this year.
The country hopes that these discoveries will illuminate its image abroad and revive the interest of travelers who once gathered in its pharaonic temples and iconic pyramids, but who had fled the country since its political uprising. 2011.
(With the exception of the title, this story was not changed by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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