Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed 110 ancient tombs in the Nile Delta, containing the remains of adults and children dating back about 5,000 years.
The graves, also containing pottery and funerary equipment, were found at the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site in Dakahlia province, around 93 miles northeast of Cairo, the Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said .
The oldest of the graves include 68 oval-shaped tombs dating back to the Predynastic Period that spanned from 6000-3150 BC, the ministry said.
Other tombs date from 3,000 BC and 1,700 BC, with the site spanning ancient Egypt, from the neolithic, through the first pharaoh and on to the first foreign ruler.
Archaeologists in northern Egypt have discovered 110 ancient tombs at a site in Nile Delta province of Dakahlia, 68 of which could be up to 8,000 years old!
Egypt has been seeking publicity for its recent archaeological discoveries, ostensibly in the hopes of reviving flagging interest in its tourism sector, crippled by the.
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Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs in an ancient site in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia around 150 kilometers in the northeast of Cairo.
Tourisim and Antiquities ministry said the archeologists found human remains for adults and children, funerary equipment and pottery objects in these tombs.
The tombs, some of which have human remains, were found in the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site, in the province of Dakahlia, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Cairo, it said.
They include 68 oval-like tombs dating back to the Predynastic Period that spanned from 6000-3150 B.C. with the raid of the First Dynasty of Pharaonic Egypt, the ministry said.