Archaeologist hails ‘oldest’ mummy found in Egypt ...Middle East

CAIRO: Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing what may be the oldest and “most complete” mummy yet to be discovered in the country, the excavation team leader said today.The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15m shaft in a recently uncovered group of fifth and sixth dynasty tombs near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, director of the team, told reporters.The mummy, of a man named Hekashepes, was in a limestone sarcophagus that had been sealed in mortar.“This mummy may be the oldest and most complete mummy found in Egypt to date,” Hawass, one of Egypt’s former ministers of antiquities, said in a statement.Among other tombs found

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