File - A mummy dating back to the 17th dynasty uncovered in Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank. CAIRO – 24 April 2020: A Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission headed by José Galán uncovered an anthropoid coffin containing a mummy dating back to the 17th dynasty in Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank.The newly discovered coffin measures 1.75 by 0.33m, and was carved in wood cut from a sycamore tree trunk, covered with a whitewash and painted in red. The coffin was placed on the ground horizontally.The mummy which was found in a bad conservation condition is of a 15- or 16-year-old girl resting on her right side inside the coffin.The girl mummy is wearing two spiral shaped earrings in one of her ears. The two earrings are covered with a thin metal leaf.The newly uncovered mummy is wearing two rings, one made of bone and the other with a blue glass bead set on a metal base and tied with string.Around the mummy chest there are four necklaces tied together with a faience clip. It is still closed and tied together with string.Inside the coffin there was a wooden ushabti wrapped in four linen bandages.

Source: Egypt Today April 24, 2020 13:07 UTC