Egypt uncovers 4,400-year-old tomb
China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-17 07:48
CAIRO - Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of an "exceptionally well-preserved" tomb belonging to a Fifth Dynasty royal priest at Saqqara Necropolis near Giza's pyramids.
"The Old Kingdom tomb is well preserved and the walls are decorated with colored scenes depicting the owner of the tomb with his mother, wife and family as well as a number of niches with large colored statues of the deceased and his family," said Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany.
The Old Kingdom is the period in the third millennium between 2686-2181 BC, which is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids".
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