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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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