Archaeologists unveil ancient Luxor tomb, open closed coffin for first time

A previously unopened sarcophagus was opened for the first time on Saturday (November 24) as two Egyptian discoveries were unveiled in Luxor’s west bank. The intact sarcophagus contained a well preserved mummy of a woman named Thuya and dates to the 18th Egyptian dynasty. It was discovered earlier this month by a French led mission in the northern region of El-Assasif, along with another anthropoid sarcophagus which was opened and examined. Earlier in the day a tomb belonging to Thaw Rakht If, the oversee