Archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian tombs

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed six 3,500-year-old tombs.

They believe the tombs date back to a period considered Egypt's golden age.

Archaeologists working on the dig found the six tombs at the foot of the third dynasty Step Pyramid, believed to be Egypt's first pyramid, just outside Cairo.

The tombs belonged to government officials who worked in northern Egypt at the end of the 18th dynasty and in the 19th dynasty, around 1567-1200 BC.

One of the tombs is capped with a 37-centimetre block of limestone carved in the shape of a pyramid, a characteristic of New Kingdom burials that is unusual in northern Egypt.