Egypt has unveiled a major new archaeological find of 250 sarcophagi
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Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, displayed part of the cache, including 35 of the painted wooden coffins, in a televised event on Monday at the Unesco Heritage site south of Cairo.
Dating back more than 2,500 years to the Late Period, the sarcophagi are in good condition and all included mummies inside.
This is the largest number of coffins and bronze statues to be unearthed by the Egyptian archaeological mission at the site near the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser.
“I'm very proud that the discovery was made by Egyptians, and this will not be the last discovery here,” Mr Waziri said.
The find is one of several made at Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient capital of Memphis, in recent years.
The Egyptian mission has completed its fourth excavation of the site since April 2018 and will conduct a fifth in September after the hot summer months.
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