Egypt Unveils 50 Ptolemaic Era Mummy Tombs

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a tomb related to the Pharaohs containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities has said.

The mummies, 12 of which were of children, were discovered inside four, nine-metre deep burial chambers in the Tuna El-Gebel archaeological site.