Ancient tombs and workshops used for mummification have been unveiled close to the Egyptian capital of Cairo. 

The workshops have been used to mummify people and sacred animals and date again 2,400 years.

Clay pots, ritual vessels and different gadgets apparently utilized in mummification have been discovered within the workshops, mentioned Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The areas have been found within the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is part of Egypt's historic capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage web site.

They date again to the thirtieth Pharaonic Dynasty (380 BC to 343 BC) and the Ptolemaic interval (305 BC to 30 BC), Mr Waziri mentioned.

The tombs have been for a high official from the Old Kingdom of historic Egypt and a priest from the New Kingdom, in response to Sabri Farag, head of the Saqqara archaeological web site.

The Old Kingdom tombs have been painted with the names of the useless and their wives, whereas alabaster statues of the tombs' house owners have been discovered within the New Kingdom tombs.

Archaeologists additionally found tombs relationship again 4,400 years which have been embellished with "daily life scenes and other life scenes" Mr Waziri informed a information convention, in response to a report by NBC.

In latest years, Egypt's authorities has closely promoted new archaeological finds to worldwide media and diplomats.

It hopes that such discoveries will assist entice extra vacationers to the nation to revive an trade that suffered from political turmoil following the 2011 rebellion.

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