The mummies found by archeologists in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, the antiquities ministry announced Saturday.
The mummies, yet to be dated, were the largest to be found in the area south of Cairo and may be a boost for tourism in the country.
Archaeologists found the non-royal mummies in a series of corridors after following the trail of burial shafts in the Touna-Gabal district of the central Egyptian province, the ministry said in a statement.
Along with the mummies, they found a golden sheet and two papyri in Demotic — an ancient Egyptian script — as well as a number of sarcophogi made of limestone and clay.
There were also animal and bird coffins, the ministry said.
The ministry said they belonged to the Late Period, which spanned almost 300 years up to Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BC.
But a spokeswoman said they could also date from the Ptolemaic Dynasty, founded by…
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