The remains of around 50 mummies, including those of princes, princesses, and infants, have been discovered in a necropolis in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb was discovered by a joint team of Egyptian archaeologists and scholars from Switzerland’s Basel University, with the researchers finding the remains of wooden coffins, death masks, and pottery alongside the mummies.
The pottery had been engraved with Heratic texts, which revealed that two previously unknown princesses, Ta-Im-Wag-Is and Neferonebo, were among the mummies, which date back to Egypt’s 18th dynasty (543 – 1292 BC).
Early analysis showed that the tomb had been raided a number of times in antiquity, but the researchers hope that the tomb can now be secured. Tourists visiting Egyptian sites of antiquity’s are vital to the country’s economy, but the ancient sites have not been secured since the the country ousted leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 during the Arab Spring.
