Visit two newly discovered ancient Egyptian tombs

Two graves that have been excavated in Egypt are 4,300 years old, belonging to two music and mining ministers. These tombs all use decorative hieroglyphs and are considered important discoveries.

The two rode a camel through a two-tomb excavation site at Saqqara, 19 km south of Cairo, on December 22.Photo: AP.

The entrance of one of the two new tombs was found at Saqqara, which was dubbed the "dead city" of ancient Egypt because of the concentration of many tombs for thousands of years. Photo: AP.

An Egyptian worker stood near the stone-shaped stone of one of the newly found tombs. Photo: AP.

Two people walk near the excavation hole at Saqqara, which regularly witnesses important archaeological findings in ancient Egypt. Photo: Reuters.

Entrance to a grave is decorated with hieroglyphs.Photo: Reuters.

Hieroglyphics also appear on the walls of the grave. Photo: Reuters.

Workers unloading soil and rock at excavation pit. Photo: Reuters .

Egypt's leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass introduced the press to new discoveries at two graves. Photo: Reuters.

Egyptian archaeologist and a worker working in the field . Photo: AP.

These two tombs belong to two officials in the Pharaoh Unas court from 4,300 years ago. One of these is the court official in charge of the court called Thanah. The other tomb belongs to the official, Iya Maat, who oversees the exploitation of granite and limestone in Aswan for the construction of pyramids. Photo: AP.

The leading Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass judged that these ancient tombs were a "major discovery", as they began the search for a larger graveyard in Saqqara. He said the relics within the two tombs have been stolen for a long time. Photo: Reuters.