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PHOTO GALLERY: Embalming workshop uncovered in Saqqara




Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, displays a recently unearthed ancient wooden sarcophagus at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023.

Canopic jars, which were made to contain organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification, are seen at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023

A colored painting is seen on a recently unearthed ancient wooden sarcophagus at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023.

An Egyptian archeologist points at a colored painting showing offering sacrifices at a recently uncovered tomb that was said to belong to a top official of the fifth Dynasty named Ne Hesut Ba (2400 BC), at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023.

Visitors tour the site in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, on May 27, 2023.

Small mummified animals are displayed among other objects at the Saqqara necropolis where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023.

Objects are displayed at the Saqqara necropolis where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023.

Newly discovered ancient statuettes are displayed at the Saqqara necropolis where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023.

A basket filled with doum fruit (zuriat) is displayed among other objects at the Saqqara necropolis where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023.

Newly discovered ancient objects are displayed at the Saqqara necropolis where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops as well as two tombs, south of Cairo on May 27, 2023

The walls of a newly discovered ancient tomb are decorated with paintings in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, on May 27, 2023.