Experts complete excavations of ancient Egyptian tunnel

Egyptian archaeologists who have completed excavations of an unfinished ancient tunnel believe it was meant to connect a 3,300-year-old pharaoh's tomb with a secret burial site, officials said today.

Egyptian chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said it has taken three years to excavate the 570ft-long tunnel in Pharaoh Seti I's ornate tomb in southern Egypt's Valley of the Kings. The pharaoh died before the project was finished.