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Top image: Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt. Source: Vyacheslav Argenberg/ CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eleven burials in a tomb at Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. 1938 to 1630 BC. First cities. Debated. Free

Many of the coffins were not still whole.

Debated. The page says there were 11 sealed burials, but ancient floods had destroyed many wooden coffins and linen wrappings.

The tomb is in the South Asasif burial ground at Luxor, near the Temple of Hatshepsut on the west bank. It dates to the Middle Kingdom, which the page gives as 1938 to 1630 BC. The page says 11 people were buried there, women, men, and children. Some jewellery was still in the women's burials. One necklace had 30 amethyst beads, with a hippo-head charm. Two copper mirrors were found, one with a lotus-shaped handle and one with a picture of Hathor. A blue-green figure and a square offering tray were there too.

The page does not say what is still argued.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/middle-kingdom-tomb-0021651