After spending 2,500 years underground, 250 sarcophagi containing preserved mummies were excavated from a burial ground near Cairo, Egypt, over the weekend. The long-dead ancient Egyptians were accompanied by 150 bronze statues of Egyptian deities, which are also seeing the surface for the first time since around 500 B.C., according to archaeologists.
The findings, which were pulled out from the necropolis of Saqqara just outside of the country’s capital city, are a pretty big deal. Not only have the painted wooden coffins seemed to withstand the wear and tear of history, but an important first was found inside one of them: a complete and sealed papyrus.
