According to Hawass, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known gold-covered mummy in Egypt at the Tombs of Saqqara in Memphis.
Archaeologists have made a number of fresh discoveries in the Tombs of Saqqara in Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital, including a mummy that is 4,300 years old and wrapped in gold leaf.
The mummy, which contained the remains of a man named Hekashepes, was discovered at the bottom of a 33-foot shaft in a sealed stone sarcophagus.
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