Ancient tombs and workshops used for mummification have been unveiled close to the Egyptian capital of Cairo. 

The workshops had been used to mummify people and sacred animals and date again 2,400 years.

Clay pots, ritual vessels and different objects apparently utilized in mummification had been discovered within the workshops, mentioned Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The areas had been found within the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is part of Egypt's historical capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage website.

They date again to the thirtieth Pharaonic Dynasty (380 BC to 343 BC) and the Ptolemaic interval (305 BC to 30 BC), Mr Waziri mentioned.

The tombs had been for a high official from the Old Kingdom of historical Egypt and a priest from the New Kingdom, in line with Sabri Farag, head of the Saqqara archaeological website.

The Old Kingdom tombs had been painted with the names of the useless and their wives, whereas alabaster statues of the tombs' house owners had been discovered within the New Kingdom tombs.

Archaeologists additionally found tombs courting again 4,400 years which had been embellished with "daily life scenes and other life scenes" Mr Waziri instructed a news convention, in line with a report by NBC.

In current years, Egypt's authorities has closely promoted new archaeological finds to worldwide media and diplomats.

It hopes that such discoveries will assist appeal to extra vacationers to the nation to revive an business that suffered from political turmoil following the 2011 rebellion.