Ushabti figurines on display in front of the New Kingdom tomb that belongs to a royal goldsmith in a burial shaft during a press conference on site, in Luxor, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. It is the latest in a series of announcements meant to boost the troubled tourist industry....
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• New mummies discovered in tomb near Luxor, Egypt BBC News Africa (Today) - The tomb, found by archaeologists near the city of Luxor, belonged to a goldsmith.... The tomb, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, is a relatively modest discovery, but one that authorities have announced with a great deal of fanfare in a bid to boost the country's slowly recovering tourism industry. "We want tomorrow's newspapers to speak about Egypt and make people want to come to Egypt," Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anani told reporters, reflecting the country's desperate need to revitalize tourism. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany said the tomb is not in good condition, but it contains a statue of the goldsmith and his wife as well as a funerary mask. He said a shaft inside the tomb contained pottery as well as mummies and coffins belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties.
Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty.