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Half-mummy confuses Egyptian archaeologists

The mummy, uncovered in the necropolis in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor, has mystified archaeologists.
Egypt mummy

The half-mummy discovered in the tomb of Karabaskin in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor (southern Egypt) in 2014 is still a mystery that archaeologists are seeking to solve.

According to a report published by Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper, May 23, the US mission operating in the Al-Asasif area discovered inside the cemetery a mummy consisting of only the upper half of the body of a young man truncated at the waist.

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