MINYA, EGYPT — Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered ancient tombs dating back 2,000 years to the 27th Dynasty and the Greco-Roman Era.
According to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, three Ptolemaic tombs were recently uncovered at the Al-Kamin Al-Sahrawi dig site near the town of Samalout, in the country's Minya Province.
The tombs are of a different architectural design to the ones unearthed at the same site in 2015, which were twenty tombs in a series of ancient catacombs.
The first tomb features a perpendicular burial shaft engraved in the rock, which leads to a single burial chamber containing four sarcophagi and nine burial holes.
The second tomb has a similar shaft but contains two chambers. To the north is the first chamber with its two sarcophagi and six burial holes — one of which was for a small child. At the end of the shaft is the second, which holds the remains of a wooden coffin.
Excavation on the third tomb is still underway. Bones from the other two tombs identified men, women, and children of different ages, suggesting the site was a large city cemetery.
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities called the discovery 'very important' and added that work is underway to reveal more secrets.
