6 Ancient Tombs Unearthed, Official Says

Archeologists have unearthed six 3,500-year-old tombs that they believe reveal important details about the structure of government in a period considered Egypt’s golden age, said Zahi Hawass, the nation’s top archeologist.

This week, archeologists working on a dig just outside Cairo found the tombs at the foot of the third dynasty Step Pyramid.

The tombs belonged to government officials who worked in northern Egypt at the end of the 18th dynasty and early 19th dynasty (1567-1200 BC), when the seat of power was in southern Egypt and not near Cairo, which is in the north.