Discovery: A mummy 3,600 years discovered in Luxor, Egypt

The discovery was made on a burial site near the west bank of Luxor in Egypt. The sarcophagus is still in good condition and belong to a dignitary.   It would be the mummy of the warehouse manager of Queen Hatshepsut , a member of the XVIII th dynasty who reigned from 1502 to 1482 BC. J.-C in Egypt . Two meters long and 50 cm wide, are the dimensions of the wooden sarcophagus. According to the director of the Pharaonic department, Ali al-Asfar : "It could belong to a man of important state, deducing preliminary analyzes sarcophagus and Registration. "    In addition, the sarcophagus bears hieroglyphs helping to facilitate the journey to the afterlife, according to the pharaonic beliefs. Still in good condition, the sarcophagus door designs feathers symbolizing Maat , the Egyptian goddess of law that would have weighed the hearts of the dead as a counterweight of a feather to determine their status in the afterlife. Wandaful *!   This is a Spanish team conducting research for thirteen years in the area that made ​​the discovery. Last year it was out of the ground a wooden sarcophagus, a boy of five years dating from the XVII th dynasty. Luxor , located in southernEgypt is famous for its pharaonic temples on the banks of the Nile .