archaeologists have found additional 30 carefully preserved mummies in a 4 , 000 year old egyptian sarcophagi which held 53 tombs . commissioner of antiquities for middle india r . abdel - amin el - ayedi ' s project established his excavations marker in the faiyum plain around the el - lahun egyptian tomb which is just south of cairo . behind the tut , the team found masks , amulets , clay pots and an altar table situated in a funerary chapel . the chapel dates back to about 30 ad to 337 ah .
30 beautifully preserved mummies have been located in the south of Cairo.