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One more reason to visit Egypt in 2021

Egypt’s tourism and anCquiCes minister says

discovered items date back to the Late Period from

664 to 332 BC

Egypt unveils scores of

ancient coffins, statues

found in Saqqara

EgypCan officials have announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins – some with mummies

inside – and some 40 gilded statues in a vast pharaonic necropolis south of the capital, Cairo. Colourful,

sealed sarcophagi and statues that were buried more than 2,500 years ago were displayed on Saturday

in a makeshim exhibit at the feet of the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.

The Saqqara site is part of the

necropolis at Egypt’s ancient

capital of Memphis that includes

the famed Giza Pyramids, as well

as smaller pyramids at Abu Sir,

Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh. The

ruins of Memphis were designated

a UNESCO World Heritage site in

the 1970s.

The sealed wooden coffins belonged to top officials of the

Late Period and the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt

[Nariman El-Momy/AP]

Saqqara

EgypCan authoriCes said they would move the artefacts

to at least three Cairo museums including the Grand

EgypCan Museum [Nariman El-Momy/AP]

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