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A picture taken on October 3, 2020 shows Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani (L), and Mustafa Waziri (R), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, unveil the mummy inside a sarcophagus excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the capital Cairo, which resulted in the discovery of a deep burial well with more than 59 human coffins closed for more than 2,500 years. They were unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)
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