CAIRO — Egypt displayed a trove of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, according to the country’s antiquities authority.

The artifacts were showcased Monday at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 15 miles southwest of the Egyptian capital.

According to Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the find includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility in ancient Egyptian mythology, all from the Late Period, about 500 B.C.

The artifacts will be transferred to a permanent exhibit at the new Grand Egyptian Museum, a vast project still under construction near the famed Giza Pyramids, just outside Cairo.