Creepy Discovery in Luxor: Archaeologists Find a Sarcophagus Buried Twice

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In the framework of an archaeological mission carried out in Luxor, Egypt, French researchers have dug up an buried sarcophagus twice from the time of the Middle Empire, approximately between the 21st and 18th century B.C. Such a discovery, carried out almost at the end of a two-month excavation campaign, is part of an effort to better understand the funerary behaviors and rehumation practices in Ancient Egypt.

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In 1939, the prestigious French archaeologist Pierre Montet discovered an imposing tomb in Tanis, the capital of Egypt in the XXI and XXIII dynasties. Inside there were dazzling riches, known as the Treasure of Tanis and comparable to those of Tutankhamun. The mausoleum was attributed to King Osorkon II, who ruled between 874 and 850 B.C. But there was an element that powerfully drew attention: a mysterious, unidentified coffin.