Aged 4300 Discovered Tomb in Saqqara

The archaeologists found two tombs at Saqqara 4,300 years old which is located 30 kilometers south of Cairo , Egypt . The second tomb made ??of stone and built for high officials predicted .
"Today we announce a big and important findings in Saqqara , the discovery of new stone age 4,300 parents know then , " said the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Archaeological Heritage , Zahi Hawass told reporters on Monday ( 22/12 ) . According to Hawass , the discovery of the two tombs are the beginning of finding a large and spacious cemetery .

Previously , the process of extracting only focus near the site of two pyramids , the Pyramid of King Djoser and the Pyramid of Unas , the last king of the fifth dynasty . Meanwhile , the location of the discovery of the two tombs is almost not been touched . " This means the royal cemetery is bigger than we imagined , " said archaeologist Saleh Suleiman , who served the second dig the grave .

Hawas added , excavation will continue, and subsequent findings will lead to the discovery of the fifth and sixth dynasties funeral Old Kingdom who ruled about 4,000 years ago .

At the top of one of the tomb door wide x 2.5 meters 90 centimeters written about a man , Yaamat , whereas in the second tomb , which is two times wider than the first tomb , there are carvings and images of a woman who was sitting .

Aidan Dodson , a researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Bristol , UK , said the findings of the two tombs are not very meaningful . However , the possibility of finding a funeral to larger meaning . " These findings suggest that the vacant land at Saqqara map is not completely empty . Archaeologists who have not only dug it , " said Dodson .

Excavations at Saqqara have been going on for 150 years and resulted in the discovery of pyramids , tombs , and cemeteries of the era of the Old Kingdom , including archaeological sites in the Roman era . During excavation , the new findings are routinely found . Last November , Hawass announced the discovery of a new pyramid in Egypt to 118 , and 12th in Saqqara .

Hawass said , only about 30 percent of the monuments in Egypt were found , while the rest are still buried in the sand .