Mummies

Archeologists have discovered more than 40 mummies at a burial site dating to the Ptolemaic era, according to the antiquities ministry.

The mummies were wrapped in linen.

The mummies were transferred in high-tech vehicles fitted with shock-absorbers and nitrogen pods to protect them.

In an event called “The Golden Parade” the Egyptian government transferred 22 mummies to their new resting place, the National Museum for Egyptian Civilization.

The naturally desiccated Hungarian mummies had lost their body fluids slowly and naturally, which is quite different from the method used by Egyptians, who deployed special embalmers to carry out the task quickly over a period of two or three months.

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities revealed details of a newly discovered cache of sacred animal mummies, which includes two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds, and cats.

The tombs belonged to a senior statesman, a priest, a prince, and two noblewomen, with only remnants left of their coffins and mummies.