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Now that is pretty cool and would be worth seeing

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The statement described the find as "one of the largest and most important discoveries to have been announced in the past few years."
Can't wait to hear when the coffins are dated. I thought the other find referenced in the article was also fascinating.

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Hopefully the well-preserved sarcophagi discovered in the ancient necropolis Al-Assasif will not be opened without protective gear. Ancient Egyptian's were expert in being morticians - they emptied the body cavity of organs and put them into ceramic jars for religious reasons. Since humidity was very low in the Sahara region, bodies of the dead did not rot as fast as the bodies by the Nile River where humidity was much higher.
The ancient Egyptian religious morticians were expert at preserving dead bodies with ointment and wrapping.



"Archaeologists have uncovered a "huge cache" of more than 20 sealed coffins in the city of Luxor, according to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.
© Ministry of Antiquities Intact engravings and surviving coloration show the coffins to be well preserved, officials said.
The seemingly well-preserved sarcophagi were discovered "as the ancient Egyptians left them," said an official press statement highlighting their intact engravings and surviving coloration.
Found in Al-Assasif, an ancient necropolis on the west bank of Nile, the coffins were spread out over two levels of a large tomb. The site once formed part of the ancient city of Thebes, the ruins of which are found in present-day Luxor.
Nobles and officials were buried in Al-Assasif during pharaonic times. The cemetery has previously yielded archaeological finds dating back to Egypt's 18th dynasty, which began in around 1539 B.C.
Officials are yet to disclose which period the coffins may date from, with further details expected to be announced at a press conference in Luxor on Saturday.
The statement described the find as "one of the largest and most important discoveries to have been announced in the past few years." Authorities also released a series of images showing antiquities minister Khaled El-Anany inspecting the coffins on Tuesday morning alongside the Supreme Council of Antiquities' secretary general, Mostafa Waziri.
The announcement comes less than a week after Egyptian authorities published details of another major discovery in the Luxor region. Last Thursday, the Ministry of Antiquities revealed that it had uncovered an ancient "industrial area" once used to produce decorative items, furniture and pottery for royal tombs. Comprised of 30 workshops and a large kiln to fire ceramics, the sprawling site was found in Luxor's Valley of the Monkeys."

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