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Egypt unveils tombs and possibly its oldest ever mummy in new excavation

An Egyptian archeologist speaks at a recently discovered tomb dated to the Old Kingdom, 2200 BC, at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, January 26, 2023. AP - Amr Nabil

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing a gold leaf-covered mummy that had remained closed for 4,300 years. It's believed to be one of the oldest and most complete mummies ever discovered in Egypt.

The remains were discovered at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft in a recently uncovered group of tombs at the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo.

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