Egyptian Archaeologists Found Over 80 Ancient Burial Sites in Country’s North – Ministry

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A group of Egyptian archaeologists has found 83 ancient burial sites in the Umm al-Khiljan district of the northern province of Dakahlia, according to the national Ministry of Antiquities.

According to Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, 80 out of 83 found burial sites were built in the first half of the 4th millennium B.C.

The burial sites have a shape of an oval and contain clay coffins and various ware, the official said on Wednesday.

صور الكشف عن 83 مقبرة أثرية بمنطقة آثار كوم الخلجان pic.twitter.com/0lt95Rdo25

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Waziri added that these were the first burial sites with clay coffins found in the province of Dakahlia.

Egypt is one of the hotbeds of the ancient civilization. The pharaonic era started in the 4th millennium BC and ended in 332 BC with the Macedonian conquest.

كشف أثري «فريد من نوعه» في مصر ..! 😲🇪🇬

كشفت البعثة الأثرية المصرية التابعة للمجلس الأعلى للآثار، عن 83 مقبرة أثناء أعمال الحفر الأثري بمنطقة أم الخلجان بمحافظة الدقهلية، صُنّف على أنه «فريد من نوعه».#الرؤية_بلا_حدود pic.twitter.com/5o6RfHhB44

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الكشف عن 83 مقبرة بمنطقة آثار كوم الخلجان في الدقهلية pic.twitter.com/wMV7M0zKUH

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