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Egypt discovers 3,400-year-old cemetery in Minya

STORY: Egypt discovers 3,400-year-old cemetery in Minya DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of artifacts 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOSTAFA WAZIRI, Secretary general of Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) STORYLINE: A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The cemetery, dating back about 3,400 years, belonged to senior officials and priests, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). The cemetery was discovered in the Al-Ghuraifa area of Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in Minya by an Egyptian archeological mission led by the SCA. It consists of a large quantity of rock-cut tombs, and hundreds of other archaeological finds, said Waziri. It is the first cemetery finding of the New Kingdom in the 15th nome, a territorial division in ancient U

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows artifacts unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People look at a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt, on Oct. 15, 2023. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a papyrus unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows the painting on a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), introduces a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt, on Oct. 15, 2023. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows artifacts unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), poses for photos with an artifact unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt, on Oct. 15, 2023. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows painting on a colored mummy coffin unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows artifacts unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An archaeological worker cleans a mummy inside a rock-cut tomb at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt, Oct. 15, 2023. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows a mummy coffin inside a rock-cut tomb at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-MINYA-ARCHAEOLOGY-ANCIENT CEMETERY-UNEARTHED

(231016) -- MINYA, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2023 shows artifacts unearthed at a cemetery in Minya Governorate, Egypt. A cemetery dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was unearthed at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in southern Egypt's Minya governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Sophie Scholl (2005)

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