Mummy dating back 2,300 years unveiled in Egypt

A superbly maintained 2,300-year-old mummy bearing a golden mask and covered in brightly coloured images of gods and goddesses has been unveiled at Egypt’s Saqqara Pyramids complex south of Cairo.

The unidentified mummy, from the 30th pharaonic dynasty, had been closed in a wooden sarcophagus and buried in sand at the bottom of a 20ft shaft before being discovered recently by an Egyptian-led archaeological team.