Recently discovered 4,700-year-old tombs go on display in Egypt

Mostafa Waziri views hieroglyphics inside one of the recently discovered tombs (AP Photo/Sayed Hassan)

Recently discovered, well-decorated ancient tombs at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside Cairo have been put on display.

The five tombs were unearthed earlier this month and date back to the Old Kingdom — a period spanning roughly from around 2700 BC to 2200 BC, as well as to the First Intermediate Period, which lasted for over a century after the Old Kingdom collapsed, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.