More than 4,000-year-old coffin found in Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt say they’ve found a limestone sarcophagus that has remained sealed with mortar for the past 4,300 years, just as the ancient Egyptians left it.

The director of the research team, Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian minister of antiquities, said inside was a mummy covered with gold leaf that may be one of the oldest and most complete ever found.

He said it was discovered at the bottom of a 15m shaft among a group of royal tombs near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.

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