Archeologists have discovered 250 sarcophagi containing well-preserved mummies in Saqqara.

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The treasure trove also included bronze statues dating back 2,500 years, discovered at the necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, The Washington Post reported.

“In one of the wooden sarcophagi, we found, for the first time, complete and sealed papyrus,” Mostafa Waziri told reporters, according to the newspaper.

Waziri is the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The papyrus was taken to a museum for study, but it is believed to be similar to the Book of the Gates and the Book of the Dead, Egyptian funerary texts.

A temporary exhibit has been set up near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, The Associated Press reported. The artifacts will be taken to the Grand Egyptian Museum eventually.

The 150 bronze statues depict Egyptian gods and instruments for various rituals, all dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, which was about 500 B.C.

Recent finds in Egypt have brought new understanding of the dynasties that ruled Egypt. Some of those discoveries were two mummies with golden tongues that would allow them to “speak in the afterlife” and a 5,000-year-old brewery, the Post reported.

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Egyptian discovery Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, and a trove of ancient artifacts recently unearthed, are displayed during a press conference by Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (Amr Nabil/AP)

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