Archaeologists from Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Archaeology and Heritage Carved have discovered a 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagi from the Third Intermediate Period. The coffins were found near a pharaoh's tomb in Luxor and are currently undergoing conservation measures to preserve their intricate painted scenes and their color. They were identified as “Singer of Amun” or “Chantress of Amum”, referring to Egyptian king of the gods, whose priests were as powerful as the pharaoh at the time they were made. The discovery was made while archaeologists were excavating in the Theban Necropolis in ancient Luxor, an area where high-ranking officials were entombed during the Pharaonic period. Most of the coffins are still intact and have mummies inside, with exteriors painted in vivid blues, greens, reds, and yellows, and their exterspanes. The bodies could have been laid to rest any time between 1077 and 664 B.C.E.E., and most bear the title “Amun’s Hidden One” by the time these coffins, indicating access to a powerful god whose influence in ancient Egypt.