As far as my understanding goes, finding mummies in Egypt is similar to finding dinosaur fossils - it's common and rarely something that gets/should get broad attention. It's more a marketing thing, which the article also acks:
> Egypt has made a series of archaeological finds recently, and it has been heavily promoting them to revive its tourism industry
This find seems to be along those lines.
Visited Egypt a couple of times, really incredible to walk around in primarily Luxor temples. A tip for tourists - buy an egyptian newspaper (in arabic) and carry around visibly. Learn to say "no thanks" in as good arabic as you can (something like "la-a shukran"). That makes things easier.
> Egypt has made a series of archaeological finds recently, and it has been heavily promoting them to revive its tourism industry
This find seems to be along those lines.
Visited Egypt a couple of times, really incredible to walk around in primarily Luxor temples. A tip for tourists - buy an egyptian newspaper (in arabic) and carry around visibly. Learn to say "no thanks" in as good arabic as you can (something like "la-a shukran"). That makes things easier.