The Antiquities Ministry of Egypt said Tuesday that three tombs dating back to the Ptolemaic era were unearthed in the Upper Egypt province of Minya.
Head of the ministry's antiquities sector, Ayman Ashmawy said a mission from the ministry has found the tombs in the southwest of Samalout city, some 241 km from the capital.
He said the excavating team found four coffins for two men and two women in the first tomb, as well as nine holes with remains of buried bodies.
The second tomb has two burial chambers and some wooden residues were unveiled during the excavation, while the cleaning in the third tomb isn't finished yet.
According to the official, the excavation in Samalout started in May, and the newly-discovered tombs would uncover more information about the Ptolemaic era starting 332 B.C.

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