The mummy of a woman intact 3,000 years in the ancient tomb of Egypt

The coffin containing intact mummy after thousands of years was found in the priesthood tomb located on the banks of the Nile along with more than 1,000 statues.

The woman is in the casket named Shu.

Researchers found intact mummies of a woman in an unopened casket dating back more than 3,000 years in Luxor city in southern Egypt, Guardian reported yesterday. This is one of the two coffins discovered by the team at the Al-Assasif cemetery on the west bank of the Nile.

According to Nevine Aref, spokesman for the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry, the woman is in the casket named Shu . "A coffin decorated in a rishi style, dating from the 17th dynasty while the coffin remains from the 18th dynasty. Both tombs have mummies inside , " said Khaled al-Anani.

The 18th Dynasty existed in the 13th century BC, the reign of many famous pharaohs such as Tutankhamun and Ramses II. Amidst the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the Al-Assasif cemetery is the burial place of the pharaoh's nobles and courtiers.

In addition to the coffin, the tomb also contains about 1,000 burial statues of wood, porcelain and clay. The tomb belongs to Thaw-Irkhet-If , the priesthood overseeing the mummification at Mut in Karnak temple. The archaeological team had to relocate the stone brick layer 300 meters deep for more than 5 months to find the grave.