Researchers in Egypt have discovered more than 40 mummies at a burial site in central Egypt dating to the Ptolemaic era. The mummies include adults, children and animals.
They had been laid on the floor or in open clay coffins in a crumbling underground chamber in Minya governorate.
While mummification is mostly associated with ancient Egypt, the practice continued under the kingdom founded by Ptolemy, a successor to Alexander the Great, which lasted from 323 BC to 30 BC.
Archaeologist Mohamed Ragab said two tombs were discovered nine metres underground and contained more than six rooms.