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Archaeologists in Luxor opened 22 painted coffins sealed for roughly 3,000 years

A team of archaeologists working at Qurna, near Luxor, has opened 22 painted wooden coffins that had been sealed inside a rock-cut chamber for roughly 3,000 years. Each coffin still held a mummy.
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Egyptian archaeologists just pulled 22 painted wooden coffins from the tomb of Djeserkaraseneb in Luxor — stuffed with eight sealed papyri from a sanctuary 3,000 years old

Inside a rock-cut chamber carved into the courtyard of the Tomb of Djeserkaraseneb at Qurna, on the west bank of Luxor, Egyptian archaeologists in May 2026 uncovered a tightly packed cache: 22 painted ...