Continuing story (The 30 new mummies):
Egypt unveils ancient mummy, part of new discovery

Associated Press, February 11, 2009

Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used
crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old
limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first time since it was
sealed in antiquity — a perfectly preserved mummy. The mummy, wrapped
in dark-stained canvas, is part of Egypt's latest archaeological
discovery of a burial chamber 36 feet (11 meters) below ground at the
ancient necropolis of Saqqara. The find, made three weeks ago, was
publicly announced Monday and shown to reporters for the first time
Wednesday. Egypt's archaeology chief Zahi Hawass has dubbed it a
"storeroom for mummies," because it houses eight wooden and limestone
sarcophagi as well as at least two dozen mummies. The find dates back to
640 B.C., or the 26th Dynasty — Egypt's last independent kingdom
before a succession of foreign conquerors.

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