The discovery of a huge cemetery containing 50 mummies in Egypt

ArabiaWeather.com- The Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, announced the discovery of a huge cemetery in the Valley of the Kings area on the western mainland in Luxor, containing the remains of nearly 50 mummies , including those belonging to members of the royal family, likely to belong to the two kings "Thutmose IV" and "" Amenhotep III" of the 18th dynasty, the era of the New Kingdom.

In addition to remnants of wooden coffins and cartons, which are cloth and gypsum masks that bear the features of the deceased's face, explaining that the discovery was made by the Swiss mission of the University of Basel in cooperation with the Ministry of Antiquities, during archaeological excavations at the site, indicating that the initial inspection of the hieratic inscriptions recorded on the storage utensils discovered inside The cemetery reveals the identity of more than thirty individuals from the cemetery owners, including princesses whose names were revealed for the first time.

One of them is called "Ta Mwags" and the second is called "Nefru Nebo", in addition to four princes and a number of foreign women. For his part, Ali Al-Asfar, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, indicated that the discovery still needs more anthropological studies.

It is also expected that many studies will be conducted on the fragments of funerary tools discovered inside the tomb, which will contribute to revealing the identity of the owners of the tomb in detail, ensuring that more details of the structure of the Pharaonic royal court in the era of the 18th Dynasty and what it includes of facts related to the nature of the daily life of this The era and the customs that permeated it for the burial of individuals.

For her part, Elena Palin, head of the mission, said; The discovered cemetery contains the remains of no less than 50 individuals, including well-mummified mummies of newborn babies, in addition to a large number of fragments of funerary tools.

She added that the remains of wooden coffins and cartons discovered inside the cemetery indicate that the cemetery was used for burial purposes again after a period of abandonment of the Valley of the Kings as a royal cemetery, as a number of family members of priests were brought to this place.

Palin pointed out that the first inspection work inside the cemetery suggests that the archaeological remains inside were looted several times in previous eras.