The sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian high priest has been opened on live TV by experts working with the Discovery Channel.
The mummy was found alongside a "mysterious wax head," which is believed to be an exact cast of the priest, the network said. Its features were so detailed "he could have easily been picked out on the street," a statement from Discovery said.
At the burial site in Minya province, the team also found a rare wax head. "I never discovered in the late period anything like this," Hawass said.
"I really believe that this site needs excavation maybe for the coming 50 years," Hawass told Reuters a day before the sarcophagi were opened. He expects more tombs to be found there.
But two years ago an unauthorised digger was found at the site and stopped, he said. That's what alerted archaeologists and excavation began.