A limestone sarcophagus, sealed for 2,600 years, has been opened today in Egypt, as archaeologists investigate an Old Kingdom tomb near the pyramid of Saqqara.
Belonging to a priest named Sennedjem, the tomb contained a burial chamber at the bottom of a 36-foot shaft.
The tomb was located at the bottom of a 36 foot (11-meter) deep shaft, announced Egypt's top archaeologist Zahi Hawass and eight of the mummies were in sarcophagi, while the rest had been placed in niches along the wall.
Hawass described the discovery as a "storeroom for mummies," dating to 640 B.C. and the 26th Dynasty, which was Egypt's last independent kingdom before it were overthrown by a succession of foreign conquerors beginning with the Persians.
The tomb was discovered at an even more ancient site dating back to 4,300-year-old 6th Dynasty.
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