Scientists have discovered an ancient tomb in Egypt's Valley of Kings that contains dozens of mummies, including those of royal children, that date back to the 14th century BC.
Close to the royal tombs in the valley, excavations by Egyptologists from the University of Basel have identified the burial place of several children as well as other family members of two pharaohs.
Scientists have been working on tomb KV 40 in the Valley of the Kings close to the city of luxor for three years. From the outside, only a depression in the ground indicated the presence of a subterranean tomb. The Egyptologists assumed that it was a non-royal tomb dating back to the 18th dynasty.
They first cleared the six metre deep shaft which gives access to five subterranean chambers and then recovered the countless remains and fragments of funerary equipment. Scientists discovered mummified remains of at least 50 people in the center chamber and in three side chambers.