"Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist, next to a 4,000-year-old sarcophagus discovered at the Saqqara necropolis, near Cairo."

From the CBC:

A storehouse of 30 Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, in a new round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara outside Cairo, archeologists said Monday.

The tomb was located at the bottom of an 11-metre deep shaft, announced Egypt's top archeologist Zahi Hawass, and eight of the mummies were in sarcophagi, while the rest had been placed in niches along the wall.

Hawass described the discovery as a "storeroom for mummies," dating to 640 B.C. and the 26th Dynasty, which was Egypt's last independent kingdom before it was overthrown by a succession of foreign conquerors beginning with the Persians.

The tomb was discovered at an even more ancient site dating back to the 4,300-year-old Sixth Dynasty.

Most of the mummies are poorly preserved and archeologists have yet to determine their identity or why so many are in a single room. One of the sarcophagi is made of wood and bears the name Badi N Huri, but no title.

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Very exciting news! The article mentions how this latest discovery indicates the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, and who knows what still is awaiting discovery!

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