Exquisitely Preserved Mummies Discovered in One of Egypt's Largest Tombs

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By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | November 27, 2018 08:22am ET

In one of the largest tombs ever found in Luxor, Egypt, archaeologists have discovered a sarcophagus holding the mummy of a woman named Pouyou who lived during the 18th dynasty, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Nov 24.

In a nearby tomb, another team found several mummies inside sarcophagi with one sarcophagus having hieroglyphics that refer to the goddess Mut, the ministry reported.

Several confusing reports on the discovery over the weekend erroneously reported that all the mummies were found in a single tomb. [See Images of the Tombs, Mummies and Excavation at Luxor]

Mummy family?
Tomb TT33 — as archaeologists call one of the findings in Luxor (a city that was also called Thebes in ancient times) — is being excavated by a French team led by Frédéric Colin, an Egyptology professor at the University of Strasbourg in France. The tomb has been excavated several times since the 19th century, revealing many artifacts. Even so, the tomb is so big that parts of it are still unexcavated.

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[bobbieinok]

1. Did any of Amelia Peabody's grandchildren go into Egyptology? This find needs her touch!

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2. +1