 In an e-mail to "Newsweek", Kerry Muhlestein explained "In a square that is 5 by 5 meters across and usually just over 2 meters deep, we will typically find about 40 burials.The cemetery is very large and so far seems to maintain that kind of burial density throughout.Thus, the math suggests that there are over a million mummies in the cemetery, though we cannot be certain of this without further exploration and a thorough academic review process."