Site at ancient capital of Memphis used to mummify humans and animals nearly two and a half thousand years ago
Points: 6
Israel Museum expert says CT scans offer best way to examine how coffins, including one almost 3,000 years old, were made and decorated
Points: -6
Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
Points: 37
Sealed wooden coffins belonged to top officials of ancient Egypt some 2,500 years ago
Points: -12
Find includes 20 limestone sarcophagi etched with hieroglyphs, hundreds of amulets and 10,000 blue funerary statues dating to 664-399 BCE
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