Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy that goes back to the sixth dynasty in Sakkara area.

"The mummy was placed in a fine sycamore-timbre casket," said Zahi Hawwas, the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) on Tuesday 5/12/2006.

The discovery was made while an Egyptian archaeological team was undertaking a cleaning mission of a nearby archaeological site, he added.

Meanwhile, the SCA on Tuesday called for implementing an archaeological project on restoring 950 Pharaonic tombs that were sculptured at the foot of El-Qarna Mountain on the Western Bank of Luxor to immortalise kings and other royalty of Ancient Egypt.

The project will be carried out through foreign grants to be raised by an international fund on overhauling monuments in Luxor within the framework of the Comprehensive Development for the City of Luxor project (CDCL).

Luxor's Supreme Council Chairman Samir Farag said that the project would be carried out in cooperation with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), under the aegis of Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak.