Three 2,000-year-old tombs discovered in Upper Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered three 2,000+ year-old tombs in Minya, according to a statement from the Antiquities Ministry. Sarcophagi of different shapes and sizes, and clay fragments from between the 27th Dynasty and the Greco-Roman period, were found at the Al-Kamin Al-Sahrawi site, pictured above. The story is topping international media coverage of Egypt this morning (see Egypt in the News, below.)