Twenty Mummies Found In Greco-Roman Cemetery In North African Country

A joint Egyptian-Italian Mission excavating near Aswan in Egypt has discovered a tomb from the Greco-Roman period containing twenty mummies.

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A crypt dating back to the Greco-Roman times that contains 20 mummies has been found near Aswan, Egypt by a joint Egyptian-Italian Mission excavation carried out by the University of Milan and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
Experts have been doing research on the area surrounding the Mausoleum of Aga Khan III, built in 1956 above the location of a prehistoric necropolis encompassing more than 300 crypts from the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD.
A huge family crypt whose antiquities plundered by tomb raiders was found by the scientists. Luckily, 20 mummies from the Greco-Roman era still remain inside.

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Obscured by a rectangular structure depicting traces of burning, the crypt also has a landfill of animal skeletons, pottery pieces, offering tables and plates carved with hieroglyphics.
Archaeologists found a mummy near the construction’s eastern wall, having a copper necklace and a plaque inscribed in Greek with the name ‘Nikostratos’, possibly withdrawn from the crypt by tomb raiders looking for treasures.
They also discovered a terracotta sarcophagus within the entrance room of the crypt, holding the mummy of a child and a cartonnage, a kind of ancient Egyptian funerary mask made of layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster.

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The room is followed by 4 burial chambers cut from the natural bedrock where most of the mummies were found, despite the fact that numerous burials indicate the proof of pillaging from the bandages and cartonnage being ripped off by ancient thieves.
Further examinations also resulted in the finding of several well-preserved stone-or-clay coffins dating back to between the Late Pharaonic and the Roman period.
H/T: Ancient Origins