A wooden coffin containing a linen-wrapped mummy covered in cartonnage is seen in this undated picture released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on April 12. (Reuters/Egypt's Ministry of Culture/Handout)A team of Egyptian archaeologists working in the Fayyoum governorate has discovered a large necropolis that is 4,000 years-old and contains 53 tombs.At press conference on April 12, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt Zahi Hawass revealed that dozens of mummies were found within the 53 tombs recently discovered by an Egyptian expedition. The discovery includes four mummies dating back to the 22nd Dynasty
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