A crypt found in a Mayan pyramid contained 400 vessels filled with human ash mixed with rubber and roots.
The scheme takes visitors to a verdant strip of farmland thick with palm trees that runs south of the Giza pyramids, between the lesser known pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur and the western bank of the Nile.
The Egyptian Museum of National Civilization was originally founded to document the history of civilisation including the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, and the Coptic Age.
At Nuri, about 350 km north of Khartoum, tombs buried 7-10 meters underneath pyramids had been affected by a rise in groundwater, Nour said.
The finding was announced on Saturday at the Bastet Temple, named after the lion-headed goddess – a place dedicated mainly to the worship of cats among the ancient populous.
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