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Egyptian mummies: the latest discoveries

Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
This picture, one of the first realeased by the Egyptian Supreme Council Of Antiques, shows a coffin inside the tomb at Saqqara necropolis Photograph: EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Dr Zahi Hawass is surrounded by media after a limestone sarcophagus was opened to reveal a well-preserved 26th-dynasty mummy Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
A worker brushes dust off one of the mummies Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Dr Zahi Hawass brushes away sand to reveal a wooden sarcophagus Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Skulls and bones from badly deteriorated mummies Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Skulls and bones from badly deteriorated mummies Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Labourers inside a shaft at the excavation site Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
A worker holds a torch near a sarcophagus Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
Workers near a shaft that leads to a burial chamber at the dig site Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
An archaeologist is lowered by rope and pulley into the burial chamber Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
A fragile wooden sarcophagus found inside a limestone outer sarcophagus Photograph: Mike Nelson/EPA
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
A worker brushes away sand Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP
Mummies found in Egypt: 30 Mummies have been found in Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, Egypt
A well-preserved mummy lies inside a recently opened sarcophagus Photograph: Cris Bouroncle/AFP
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