The sarcophagus presented bright and well-preserved ... "Marge?" The finding of the mummy, who was covered with a mask and beaded dress, followed excavations at the site in Minya started in ...

The university said the mummy was obtained on the mistaken assumption that the remains were that of a queen because the sarcophagus was excavated from the Valley of the Queens. However ...

"Ushabtis were never put inside of the bodies of a mummy. They were typically buried around them, outside of the sarcophagus," he said. Ushabtis were meant to serve the deceased in the afterlife ...