Egypt Unveils Tombs and Possibly Its Oldest Ever Mummy in New Excavation

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 a 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.

“This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date,” Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s former…