Mummies Found At Egypt Lahun Pyramid

Archaeologists have uneartherd a cache of pharaonic mummies in brightly painted wooden coffins near Egypt's Lahun pyramid.The mummies were the first to be found in the sand-covered desert rock surrounding the mud-brick Lahun pyramid believed to be built by the 12th dynasty Pharaoh Senusret II who ruled 4000 years ago.At the site bare skulls from some of the mummies sit on the hill side while workers gently brush away sand from coffins below the earth ,some painted in green,red and white.