In photos, the discovery in Egypt: they found a cemetery with tunnels near the pyramids of Giza

Archaeologists have discovered part of an ancient cemetery near the famous Giza pyramids, outside Cairo, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities reported Saturday.

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said that the cemetery includes tunnels and tombs of high officials, as well as a magnificent limestone statue of the Fifth Dynasty (2465-2323 BC). C.).

According to the head of the Gizeh Plateau archaeological site, Ashraf Mohi, it is known that the cemetery was reused at the end of the period (664-332 BC) of this period.

Egypt promotes new archaeological discoveries in the hope of boosting tourism, which suffered a major setback after the 2011 uprising.