Archaeologists have made the incredible discovery of 110 ancient Egyptian tombs at the Koum el - Khulgan archaeological site in Dakahlia province , in the Nile extensive delta . The web site is locate 150 kilometers ( 93 miles ) northeast of Cairo .
The Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministryrevealedthat the tombs are not all from the same geological period but from three dissimilar epochs in the long history of ancient Egypt . Sixty - eight of the burials are in ellipse - shaped pit that were carved from the sandy island layer of the neighborhood span a period between 6000 and 3150 BCE , the late Predynastic Period when the Nile Valley was still split into Upper and Lower Egypt . People buried in these tombs were placed in a foetal position , with their head confront due west .
Five also oval - regulate burying dated back to the Naqada III era somewhere between 3200 and 3000 BCE . Some of these tombs had a bed of clay on the side , bottom , and even the roof . They also included funerary component such as pots and kohl prayer photographic plate decorated with geometrical drawings and shapes used in burials and funeral rites .
The remaining 37 are rectangular and slenderly more recent . They were stab in the Second Intermediate Period ( 1782 - 1570 BCE ) . The multitude buried here were laid to rest in an extended position with the forefront facing west and their face upwards . More funeral furniture , as well as silver rings , were discovered in these .
At the internet site , archaeologist have also found several child entombment let in a clayware coffin for a tiddler , two brick grave , and a infant buried inside a prominent clayware bay window . These were found in both the old ellipse grave and in the tombs from the Second Intermediate Period . grammatical construction tools and materials , ovens and stoves , Scarabaeus sacer amulets made of semi - treasured Stone , and jewelry such as earrings were also discover in this archeological site .
Many exciting breakthrough have come out of Egpyt of late , including the find of the " Lost Golden City " , askeleton with a golden tongueand the old known"map " to the Scheol .
