Egyptologists uncover 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta. They were found by a French team of excavators in early October, uncovering a long-standing mystery of who was buried in the sarcophagus. The funerary figurines, which are known as ushabti, were intended as servants to accompany the dead into the afterlife. More than half the figurines are women, which is "quite exceptional", French Egyptologist Frederic...