Egypt cracks 3,000-year-old sarcophagus

Authorities in Egypt have cracked opened a newly discovered sarcophagus to unveil a more than 3,000-year-old female mummy, still perfectly preserved. The first of the two new mummies holds the remains of a priest who would have been responsible for embalming the pharaohs.

Mummies stacked together at the site of tomb TT2

The female mummy dates from the time of Tutankhamun and Ramses IICarved wooden statues and funerary figurines called “Ushabtis” made of wood, faience and clay.