4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids

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4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids

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The ministry said the tomb was that of two people: Behnui-Ka, who had seven titles including the Priest and the Judge, and Nwi, also known as Chief of the Great State and "purifier" of the pharoah Khafre.

Updated : May 05, 2019 09:47
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4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids

World 

The ministry said the tomb was that of two people: Behnui-Ka, who had seven titles including the Priest and the Judge, and Nwi, also known as Chief of the Great State and "purifier" of the pharoah Khafre.

Updated : May 05, 2019 09:47 IST
4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids
The site on the southeastern side of Giza plateau contains tombs from various periods.
Cairo, Egypt: 
Egypt's antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the Old Kingdom.
The site on the southeastern side of Giza plateau contains tombs and burial shafts from various periods, but the oldest is a limestone family tomb from the fifth dynasty (around 2500 BC), the ministry said.
An AFP photographer who was allowed to access the burial shaft saw inscriptions on the walls, intricately painted wooden sarcophagi and sculptures of animals and humans
4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids

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