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A cache of ancient burial shafts containing hundreds of wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom are among a new batch of major discoveries found at Egy.
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Amy Woodyatt • Updated 18th January 2021
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(CNN) A cache of ancient burial shafts containing hundreds of wooden coffins dating back to the New Kingdom are among a new batch of major discoveries found at Egypt s Saqqara archaeological site.
Coffins, funerary masks and a funeral temple were discovered during an archeological mission at Saqqara, a vast necropolis about 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Cairo, which experts claim will rewrite the history of the region.
Experts on Saturday announced they had discovered the funeral temple of Queen Nearit wife of King Teti, the first king of the sixth dynasty of the old kingdom state news Al-Ahram reported, quoting the Egypt s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.