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Tomb with 50 mummies found in Egypt

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Fifty mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30BC) have been found by Egyptian archaeologists, the antiquities ministry says.
The mummies, of which 12 were children, were found in four burial chambers 9m (30ft) deep in the Tuna El-Gebel site in Minya, south of the capital Cairo.
Some were wrapped in linen, others were in stone coffins or wooden sarcophagi.
Their identities were unknown, officials said, but they were likely to have held important positions.
 

The Tuna El-Gebel site is in Minya, to the south of Cairo

 
Children were among the mummies found

Some of the mummies were in stone coffins

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