Egypt unveils trove of ancient artifacts

Ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years was displayed by Egypt's antiquities authorities on Monday, which were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo.

The find includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility in ancient Egyptian mythology, all from the Late Period, about 500 B.C.

A headless bronze statue of Imhotep, the chief architect of Pharaoh Djoser who ruled ancient Egypt between 2630 B.C. and 2611 B.C was also displayed.  Egypt has been heavily promoting recent archaeological finds, hoping to attract more tourists to the country.