50 Mummies Found in Ancient Egyptian Family Tomb

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Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr Khaled El-Enany announced today the first significant archaeological discovery of 2019 at the Tuna El-Gebel archaeological site in Minya, south of the Cairo. Fifty mummies in a good state of preservation were found within four Ptolemaic burial chambers, which appear to be family tombs.