Discovered a 4,300-year double grave

Egyptian archaeologists discovered a tomb buried with two children with vivid drawings on the walls.

A drawing on a fake door in a double tomb near Cairo. (Photo: AP).

According to AP , the grave is located in the Saqqara graveyard near Cairo, dating to 4,300 years. Abdel-Hakim Karar, a member of the excavation team, said it had two fake doors with colorful drawings showing two people buried inside . It was the father and son who supervised the supply of materials for the construction of the pyramid. A tunnel leads straight to the father's grave. In the grave the father had a way to grave the son.

" The colors on the fake doors are so fresh and new that we have the impression that those paintings were painted yesterday ," Karar said.

Moisture in the grave destroyed the grave containing the body of the father (named Shendwas ), and the precious objects in the grave of the stolen child.

On the fake door for a father named King Pepi II, who ruled Egypt for 90 years. Historians believe that Pepi II is the longest-running pharaoh in the country of the pyramids.

Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the area around the double grave could be a vast cemetery of the ancient people . Archaeologists found duck artifacts and a limestone pyramid in the grave. Hawass said pyramid mountains are often buried with the dead in Egypt's 5th and 6th dynasties to show respect for the sun god.

Some images of excavation of 4,300-year-old tomb

A worker works in the cemetery near the pyramid of King Djoser.This is where archaeologists found a double grave dating back to 4,300 years.

Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, showed reporters a fake door in the tomb.

Hawass pointed to the drawings above the fake door that led to the son's tomb.

A worker exhibits burial items in the grave.

Below the fake door for children.