Exquisitely Preserved Mummies Discovered in One of Egypt's Largest Tombs.

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The individual seen here was buried in what archaeologists call tomb TT33, one of the largest tombs in Luxor.
Credit: Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Antinquities
▼  In one of the largest tombs ever found in Luxor, Egypt, archaeologists have discovered a sarcophagus holding the mummy of a woman named Pouyou who lived during the 18th dynasty, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Nov 24.
In a nearby tomb, another team found several mummiesinside sarcophagi with one sarcophagus having hieroglyphics that refer to the goddess Mut, the ministry reported.
Several confusing reports on the discovery over the weekend erroneously reported that all the mummies were found in a single tomb.
Mummy family?
Tomb TT33 — as archaeologists call one of the findings in Luxor(a city that was also called Thebes in ancient times) — is being excavated by a French team led by Frédéric Colin, an Egyptology professor at the University of Strasbourg in France. The tomb has been excavated several times since the 19th century, revealing many artifacts. Even so, the tomb is so big that parts of it are still unexcavated.

Pouyou's sarcophagus was opened during a Nov. 24 press conference, revealing the remains of her mummy.
Credit: Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Antinquities
The new discoveries include the sarcophagus of Pouyou (also spelled Pouya), who lived sometime during the 18th dynasty (1550-1295 B.C.), said the French team in a statement. At that time, Egypt was independent and powerful, at times controlling an empire that stretched as far as modern-day Syria. Pouyou's sarcophagus was opened during a Nov. 24 press conference, revealing the remains of her mummy.  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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