Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered 22 painted wooden coffins stacked in layers inside a rock-cut chamber on Luxor’s West Bank, Daily News Egypt reports. Most bear titles such as Chanter or Chantress of Amun, the temple singers who served the god, rather than personal names.
The coffins date to the Third Intermediate Period, roughly 3,000 years ago, and were found in the courtyard of the Tomb of Seneb in the Qurna area. The mission, led by former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass, also found a large pottery jar holding eight papyri, some still carrying their original clay seals.
Hawass described the find as exceptional. The papyri are being restored and translated, and researchers hope they will shed new light on the lives and roles of the musicians at the heart of temple worship in ancient Thebes.
Source: Daily News Egypt