A team of archaeologists unearthed what could be the 'oldest' and 'most complete' mummy ever discovered in Egypt, the leader of the excavation announced on Thursday.
A view inside of the recently discovered tomb at the Saqqara archaeological site.A team of archaeologists unearthed what could be the"oldest" and"most complete" mummy ever discovered in Egypt, the leader of the excavation announced on Thursday.
Thought to be the remains of a man named Hekashepes, archaeologists found the 4,300-year-old mummy in an ancient tomb near Cairo from the country's fifth and sixth dynasty – which spanned from the years 2500 BCE to 2100 BCE, Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former minister of antiquities,"I put my head inside to see what was inside the sarcophagus: A beautiful mummy of a man completely covered in layers of gold," Hawass toldThe centuries-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-meter...
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