Egypt discovers two new tombs, one complete with mummy

Two new tombs, one containing a mummy, have been discovered near the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor and the Valley of Kings.

The Draa Abul Naga necropolis was initially discovered in the 1990s however it was kept sealed until recently.

The announcement was made on Saturday by Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry.

The necropolis was finally opened in order to boost Egypt’s ailing tourism industry.

It’s believed it was a cemetery for noblemen with the mummy believed to be a senior official.

Inscriptions and paintings place the tomb between the reigns of Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV, both pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.

One of the tombs hosts a six-metre burial shaft with four adjacent side chambers.

The second has five entrances leading to a central rectangular hall off which two burial shafts were constructed.

Discovered in the tombs were funerary cones, ceremonial funeral masks, clay vessels, 450 statues and the yet-to-be-identified mummy.

There are two theories as to who the mummy was.

The remains could belong to a man named Djehuty Mes, whose name is engraved on one of the walls.

It could also be a scribe called Maati whose name is on one of the funerary cones.