Groundbreaking Discovery Made By Workers Digging Out Untouched Egyptian Tomb

Mummified Animals

Human bodies were often mummified to protect them in the afterlife. However, animals got fossilized for religious offerings. The scientists collected those preserved creatures and were happy to explore the undisturbed tomb because they thought there were human remains.

Mummified Animals

The Carvings

That was the burial place of Wahtye, a high priest, and had been hidden for 4,400 years. It was a 10-foot-high, 9-foot-wide, and 33-foot-long tomb with paintings, intricate carvings, and hieroglyphics to show his life.

The Carvings