Sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian official discovered in Saqqara necropolis
Ptah-M-Wia was a government official during the reign of Ramesses the 2nd, roughly between 1279 and 1213 BCE.
Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are displayed during a presentation in Giza, Egypt May 30, 2022(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY)BySARA WEINSTEIN
