The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara
Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty ImagesEgyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital, Cairo, containing what may be the oldest and most complete mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader has said.
“This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date,” said Hawass, one of Egypt’s former ministers of antiquities.
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