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A worker walks in front of the Pyramid of Djoser after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS

Science Jan 26

Egypt unveils tombs and sarcophagus in new excavation outside of Cairo

By Mohamed Wagdy, Associated Press

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