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CAIRO — A room housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been discovered inside a 2,600-year-old tomb at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.
The tomb was found at the bottom of a 36-foot-deep shaft, said Egypt’s top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass. Twenty-two mummies were found in niches along the tomb’s walls, he said.
Eight sarcophagi were also found in the tomb. Most of the mummies are poorly preserved, and archaeologists have yet to determine their identities.
