Egypt Unveils 3000-Year-Old Coffins and ‘Book of the Dead’ Scroll in the Latest Discovery

Egypt Unveils 3000-Year-Old Coffins and ‘Book of the Dead’ Scroll in the Latest Discovery
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After finding several treasures on the same Egyptian site over the course of a decade, archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old haul inside an ancient funerary temple dedicated to Queen Neit, the wife of King Teti.

The temple resides at the Saqqara necropolis in Memphis, south of Cairo. The vast necropolis has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since the 1970s and is home to the famous Giza pyramids, ancient monasteries, and numerous animal burial grounds.