CAIRO: The Egyptian ministry of antiquities announced on Wednesday the discovery of 12 Pharaonic tombs at Gebel al-Silsila area of Upper Egypt's province of Aswan.
The discovery was made during excavations carried out by the Swedish Lund University mission in tandem with the ministry of antiquities.
The official pointed out that the tombs belong to the Modern Dynasty covering the eras of ancient Egyptian kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, about 1,400 years BC.
Remains of human skeletons and animal remnants were found inside the tombs and examining them would shed light on medical development and health care in that era.
Earlier in November 2016, the ministry announced the discovery of a Pharaonic tomb including a coffin and a mummy at the Millions of Years Temple of King Thutmose III in Upper Egypt's ancient city of Luxor.
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