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An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists clean statues and funerary masks during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists x-ray a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Scientists open a sarcophaguses next to others as they are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Archaeologists work on artefacts as sarcophaguses are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Statues and funerary masks on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist works on an artefact as sarcophaguses are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials, during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a sarcophagus during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact coffins. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Funerary masks on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

A wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

A statue on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists clean statues and funerary masks during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists x-ray a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Scientists open a sarcophaguses next to others as they are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Archaeologists work on artefacts as sarcophaguses are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Statues and funerary masks on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist works on an artefact as sarcophaguses are presented to the media near the newly discovered burial site at Saqqara Necropolis in Giza. EPA

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials, during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a sarcophagus during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact coffins. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Funerary masks on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

A wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

A statue on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Archaeologists inspect a mummy, wrapped in a burial shroud adorned with brightly coloured hieroglyphics pictorials. AFP

Wooden sarcophagi on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

An archaeologist cleans a statue during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi. AFP

Egypt unveils 100 coffins dating back 2,500 years

Egyptian antiquities officials said some sarcophagi had mummies inside and there were around 40 gilded statues in a vast necropolis south of Cairo

The National

November 14, 2020

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