Egypt displayed Monday a cache of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country’s antiquities officials revealed were recently discovered at the famed necropolis of Saqqara. The artifacts were showcased at a temporary exhibit close to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 15 miles from Cairo, the Egyptian capital.Mostafa Waziri — head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities — said the trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with mummies in good condition inside, 150 bronze statues of ancient deities, and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility in ancient Egyptian mythology, all from about 500 B.C.
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