quote: Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered more than 1,000 statues and 10 sarcophagi in an ancient noble's tomb on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor.
The tomb comprised an open courtyard leading to two halls, one containing four ancient coffins and the other including a chamber that houses six.
In one of the rooms in the tomb, archaeologists found a collection of figurines, wooden masks and a handle of a sarcophagus lid.
The Antiquities Ministry said the tomb was built for Userhat, a judge during the New Kingdom period, from roughly 1500 to 1000 BC.
The discovery seems to be of a section of Userhat's tomb TT56 that was already discovered but had a hidden area within it. Above scenes form the tomb already known about including a picture of a barber
skulls found in the newly discovered section
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