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Archaeologists discover RARE and possibly the OLDEST gold-covered Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered what could possibly be the oldest gold-coverered Egyptian mummy.
The said mummy, who was named Hekashepes per the hieroglyphic inscriptions on his sarcophagus, was found among a whole set of tombs going back around 4,300 years ago. Hekashepes’ huge rectangular sarcophagus made of limestone was still sealed with mortar when the team of archaeologists discovered...