3300-year-old tomb with pyramid entrance discovered in Egypt

Updated: March 31, 2014 17:18 IST
3300-year-old tomb with pyramid entrance discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,300-year-old tomb which had a 7-metre-high pyramid at its entrance in an ancient cemetery in Egypt.

The tomb, found at the site of Abydos, contained disarticulated skeletal remains from three to four men, 10 to 12 women and at least two children.

Within one of its vaulted burial chambers, archaeologists found a finely crafted sandstone sarcophagus which was painted red.

There is no mummy in the sarcophagus, and the tomb was ransacked at least twice in antiquity, researchers said.

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