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30 Mummies Found In Newly Discovered Tomb In Egypt - UPDATE & PHOTOS

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                                     30 mummies found in newly discovered tomb in Egypt






By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Feb. 9, 2009
CAIRO
(AP)

— A storehouse of 30 Egyptians 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 a 36 foot (11-meter) deep shaft, announced Egypt's top archaeologist 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 were overthrown by a succession of foreign conquerors beginning with the Persians.

The tomb was discovered at an even more ancient site dating back to 4,300-year-old 6th 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.

"This one might have been an important figure, but I can't tell because there was no title," Hawass" assistant Abdel Hakim Karar told The Associated Press.

He added that the rest of the sarcophagi — including four which are tightly sealed — have yet to be opened yet.

Karar added that it was quite unusual for mummies of this late period to be stored in rocky niches.

"Niches were known in the very early dynasties, so to find one for the 26th Dynasty, is something rare," Karar said.

Excavations have been ongoing at Saqqara for 150 years, uncovering a vast necropolis of pyramids and tombs dating mostly from the Old Kingdom, but including sites as recent as the Roman era.

In the past, excavations have focused on just one side of the two nearby pyramids — the famous Step Pyramid of King Djoser and that of Unas, the last king of the 5th Dynasty. The area where the current tomb was found, to the southwest, has been largely untouched by archeologists.

But despite the years of excavation, new finds are constantly being made. In December last year, two tombs were found near the current discovery. The two were built for high officials — one responsible for the quarries used to build the nearby pyramids and other for a woman in charge of procuring entertainers for the pharaohs.

In November, Hawass announced the discovery of a new pyramid at Saqqara, the 118th in Egypt, and the 12th to be found just in Saqqara.

According to Hawass only 30 percent of Egypt's monuments have been uncovered, with the rest still under the sand.
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In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy
in a sarcophagus is seen in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009.

Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, discovered at an even more
ancient site dating back to the 4,300-year-old 6th Dynasty, in the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of
Saqqara south of Cairo.


(AP Photo/
Supreme Council of Antiquities)
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                                                          NECROPOLIS AT SAQQARA
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In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt's top archaeologist
Zahi Hawass examines a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo,
in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009.

Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, discovered at an even
more ancient site dating back to the 4,300-year-old 6th Dynasty, in the latest round of excavations at the vast
necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo.


(AP Photo/
Supreme Council of Antiquities)
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In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt's top archaeologist
Zahi Hawass, left, and an unidentified worker, sit near a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus in a
tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009.

Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered 30 mummies inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, discovered at an even
more ancient site dating back to the 4,300-year-old 6th Dynasty, in the latest round of excavations at the vast
necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo.

(AP Photo/
Supreme Council of Antiquities)
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