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  • 17 dynasty mummy in coffin discovered at Draa Abul Naga necropolis in Luxor

    04/30/2020 6:44:16 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 8 replies
    Ahram Online ^ | Friday, April 24, 2020 | Nevine El-Aref
    A 17th dynasty anthropoid coffin containing a mummy, along with a mud-brick offering chapel and a pile of mixed materials from funerary equipment, have been unearthed by a Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission in Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor's West Bank. The director of the mission, José Galán, explained that these objects were unearthed during excavation work carried out in the area located in front of the open courtyard of Djehuty's tomb (TT 11). The coffin was carefully placed on the ground horizontally. It measures 1.75 by 0.33m, and was carved in wood cut from a single sycamore tree trunk, then...