The mummy of a man from Egypt and dated around 408 B.C. is on display at the media preview for the world premiere of the Mummies of the World exhibition, June 30, 2010 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Mummies of the World is the largest exhibition of mummies ever assembled, presenting a never-before-seen collection of 150 specimens from South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Egypt. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck / AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK

17 mummies discovered in central Egypt: ministry

17 mummies discovered in central Egypt: ministry: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in catacombs in Minya province, south of Cairo, the antiquities ministry announced on Saturday.

 “We found catacombs containing a number of mummies,” said Salah al-Kholi, a Cairo University professor of Egyptology who headed the mission that made the discovery in the Touna el-Gabal district of the province in central Egypt.

 

Burial shafts were found in the area and excavation work “revealed that these shafts led to a number of corridors inside a cachette of mummies”, the ministry said.

It said in a statement that the cachette housed 17 non-royal mummies.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany told a news conference held near the archaeological site in the desert that the discovery was “the first human necropolis found in central Egypt with so many mummies”.

The discovery was “important, unprecedented, because it’s the first human necropolis” to be found in the area, Mohamed Hamza, director of excavations for Cairo University.

The Touna el-Gabal site dates back to the Greco-Roman period between the third century BC and third century AD.

17 mummies discovered in central Egypt: ministry

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