Egypt has unveiled a major new archaeological find of 250 sarcophagi, 150 small bronze statues of gods and goddesses and other antiquities at the Saqqara necropolis. According to the country's antiquities authorities, the artifacts were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo. A headless bronze statue of Imhotep, the chief architect of Pharaoh Djoser who ruled ancient Egypt between 2630 B.C. The Saqqara site is part of a sprawling necropolis at Egypt's ancient capital of Memphis that includes the Giza Pyramids and the smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh. Egypt has been heavily promoting recent archaeological finds, hoping to attract more tourists to the country.

Source: Ethiopian News May 30, 2022 16:40 UTC