He nūhou maikaʻi kā Egypt Tourism. ʻElua mau pyramid mua loa ma 40 km hema o Cairo i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e wehe hou no ka manawa mua mai ka makahiki 1965.
Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Nui o ʻAigupita Khaled el-Anany i ka poʻe kūkala i ka Pōʻaono ua wehe ka poʻe archaeologists ʻAigupita i kahi hōʻiliʻili o ka pōhaku, ka pālolo a me nā sarcophagi lāʻau, kekahi o lākou me nā mummies, ma ka moku nui ʻo Dahshur. Ua ʻike pū kekahi nā kānaka ʻimi lākiō i nā makakiʻi hoʻolewa lāʻau me nā mea kani i hoʻohana ʻia i ke ʻoki ʻana i nā pōhaku, e pili ana i ke au hope (664-332 BC).
ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻo Dahshur nekropolis kahi home i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo kekahi o nā pyramid mua loa, e like me Sneferu's Bent Pyramid a me ka Red Pyramid.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The Dahshur necropolis area is home to what is considered to be some of the earliest pyramids, including Sneferu's Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.
- Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters on Saturday that Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a collection of stone, clay and wooden sarcophagi, some of them with mummies, in the Dahshur royal necropolis.
- Two of its earliest pyramids located 40 km south of Cairo are scheduled to re-open for the first time since 1965.