Egypt opens newly discovered Pharaonic tomb near Giza pyramids

Photo taken on April 13, 2019 shows the paintings in a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities opened on Saturday a tomb of a Fifth Dynasty dignitary which was discovered recently at Saqqara Necropolis near the Giza pyramids. Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anany, along with 52 ambassadors and cultural attaches of foreign, Arab and African countries, toured Saqqara Necropolis to inspect the tomb of Khuwy, who lived at the end of the Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. The Old Kingdom of Egypt is the period spanning 2686 BC to 2181 BC, which is also known as the Age of the Pyramids. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)