More than 1,000 statues were found by Egyptian archaeologists in a 3,500-year-old tomb near Luxor, along with colorful wooden coffins and several mummies. In a Tuesday statement the country's Antiquities Ministry reported that the treasures were found in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the Valley of the Kings, where royalty like Tutankhamun and Hathshepsut are buried, and that they belonged to a judge named Userhat. During the 21st Dynasty about 3,000 years ago, the tomb was reopened so that small carved figurines called ushabti could be put in place to assist the nobleman in the afterlife, as was the custom, and to protect him against tomb robbers. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany said, "It was a surprise how much was being displayed inside … We found a large number of ushabti, more than 1,000 of them. This is an important discovery." There was an open courtyard in the tomb that led to two great halls, one containing six coffins and another containing four. The sarcophagi