April
25
/ 2020
Archaeologists have found the bejeweled mummy of a teenage girl in a coffin filled with ancient treasure, which may have been her trousseau, near Luxor, Egypt. The remarkable find dates back over 3,500 years. This discovery was made in an important necropolis and is providing a new perspective on life and death in ancient Egypt during the XVII Dynasty. A Spanish team from the Djehuty Project, which is backed by the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), found the rich mummy. The coffin was located on a hill known locally as Dra Abu el-Naga and is not far from modern Luxor. In ancient times, this was the city of Thebes, which was the capital of Egypt in the Middle and
