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<CLICK HERE FOR OLDER CAPSULES DATEWISE> IASTODAY DAILY CAPSULES -General Studies-01 Egypt unearths 59 ancient coffins buried more than 2,600 years ago near Saqqara pyramids News Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minster said archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. 59 sealed sarcophagi, with mummies inside most of them, were found that had been buried in three wells more than 2,600 years ago. Saqqara plateau The Saqqara plateau hosts at least 11 pyramids, including the Step Pyramid, along with hundreds of tombs of ancient officials and other sites that range from the 1st Dynasty (2920 B.C.-2770 B.C.) to the Coptic period (395-642). The Saqqara site is part of the necropolis of Egypt’s ancient capital of Memphis that includes the famed Giza Pyramids, as well…