A STOREHOUSE of 30 Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, in a new round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara outside Cairo, archeologists said yesterday.

Ancient Egyptian ingenuity defeated 21st century technology in front of a world wide TV audience today when a toy train sized robot cut through a door inside the Great Pyramid and revealed for the first time in 4,500 years - another door.