3,200-year-old mummy discovered in Egyptian tomb

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3,200-year-old mummy discovered in Egyptian tomb
The New York Post
By Linda Massarella  November 14, 2016 | 3:15am



A mummy cartonnage inside a newly discovered tomb in the Millions of Years temple in Luxor, southern Egypt. Photo: EPA



Archaeologists have found the well-preserved body of a 3,200-year-old nobleman inside this brightly painted sarcophagus, according to officials announcing the artifact’s discovery on Sunday.

The wooden sarcophagus — carved into a distinctive Egyptian figure with black hair and heavy eye-liner — was found buried near a temple from the era of fourth-millennium warrior king Thutmose III, near the town of Luxor, on the Nile River’s west bank.

The ancient mummy — believed to be the body of a man named Amenrenef, “a servant of a royal household,” according to Egypt’s Ministry of State of Antiquities — was preserved with linen and plaster and adorned with colorful decorations and religious symbols.

Archaeologists discovered the remains a few years earlier in a tomb dating from between 1075 BC and 664 BC, but scientists wanted to evaluate the find before making a public announcement.

Excited Egyptian authorities report the mummy as being in “very good condition.”

King Thutmose III, considered to be Egypt’s greatest conqueror, constructed over 50 temples and other buildings for use as tombs to preserve the dead.

The most famous pharaoh to date is Egypt’s “boy king” Tutankhamen, known as King Tut,” whose remains were discovered in 1922.


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