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Egypt unveils biggest ancient coffin find in over a century

By Reuters
21 October 2019   |   1:17 pm
Egypt on Saturday unveiled the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins with mummies inside, which were discovered in the southern city of Luxor in the biggest find of its kind in more than a century.

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