https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/19/middleeast/egypt-discovers-coffins-mummies-trnd/index.html

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany described the 3,000-year-old coffins, which were buried in Al-Asasif Cemetery, as "exceptionally well-preserved, exceptionally well-colored."
They contained the mummified remains of men and women, as well as two children, who are believed to be from the middle class, Waziri said.

While the mummies were found completely wrapped in cloth, their genders could be identified by the shape of the hands on the coffin. Coffins which were carved with the hands open meant they were female, while if the hands were balled into fists, they held males, according to Waziri.

According to archaeologist Zahi Hawass, finding coffins belonging to a child is a rare occurrence. The discovery of two have caused tremendous interest "worldwide," he said.

The coffins were sealed, stacked on top of each other and arranged in two rows about three feet below the sand, he said.
They are adorned with intricate carvings and designs, including Egyptian deities, hieroglyphics and scenes from the Book of the Dead, a series of spells that enabled the soul to navigate the afterlife. Names of the dead were also carved onto some of the coffins, Hawass said.

The inscriptions are especially unique because of the vivid colors, which stayed intact even though the coffins were buried for thousands of years. This is because ancient Egyptians used natural colors from stones, such as limestone, red oak, and turquoise, mixed with egg whites, according to Waziri.
After painting, egg yolk was mixed with candle wax and spread over the coffin to maintain a natural shine, which is still visible. he said.

Officials said the first coffin was discovered because its head was partially exposed. When they continued to dig, 17 more coffins were found. After those coffins were excavated, the archeologists discovered an additional 12.
The cache of coffins was most likely hidden to keep tomb robbers away from them, according to Waziri.




Like everything else in the world, coffins cost money in Ancient Egypt:

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Our best textual information about the construction and exchange of funerary goods comes from western Thebes, in particular the craftsmen's village of Deir el-Medina, where we find a treasure trove of texts involving the production and value of funerary arts. Egyptologists are often drawn to this New Kingdom village to answer social and economic questions about the ancient Egyptian world because the craftsmen who lived here have left us a rich collection of ostraca (texts written on potsherds or limestone flakes) and papyri dealing with everyday activities: legal documents, letters,receipts, workshop records, official reports, and so on. This west Theban village housed the artisans and workmen who built and decorated the New Kingdom royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.As royal artisans, such men received a generous monthly wage from the state and displayed a much higher rate of literacy than the majority of the population. They produced thousands of written records and letters concerning their social, economic, legal, and religious activities. Most of the surviving records come from the Ramesside Period, that is, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties of the New Kingdom, between 1295 and 1069B.C.E., extending from the reign of Ramesses I to that of Ramesses XL.



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Quick! Call Russell Nelson!!! So he can translate the hieroglyphics!!!! Surely they were written by Isaac, or Jacob, or maybe even Enoch!!!!!! Maybe they will tell us more about Kolob, or Egyptus or something. I'm on the edge of my seat!!!!!!

Guess we'll find out if he is a "prophet" or not...

Article with more pictures.

https://www.livescience.com/photos-cachette-of-priests-mummies.html

Any news about Abraham?

It's going to be discovered that one of them was known as Zelph and his sarcophagus is constructed of white laminate materials. Due to the rare materials and craftsmanship, Archaeologists are particularly excited about Zelph's sarcophagus, and have cataloged it as the "white laminate".

I like that they are not releasing the names of the deceased until all their relatives have been notified.

As one would rightly expect to find included in painted and papyrus form in any Egyptian burial. Nothing at all unusual about the so-called "Book of Abraham," just normal funerary papyri.

notmo

And if the sarcophagus shows them with their thumb up their butt they are reformed Egyptians.

They're the ones who had thumb-like appendages and ureter duct connections inside their butts.

They were known as the deformed Egyptians, but also, more formally as the people of the Urine and Thumbin.

https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/must_see/50116478/thirty-mummies-in-wooden-coffins-found-in-egypt

No Mormonsque crass faux exploitation here -- just making discoveries known to science.