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Work at the site where two rock-hewn painted Old Kingdom tombs were discovered, 66 feet underground, Saqqara necropolis, 12 miles south of Cairo (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
SAQQARA, Egypt – Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start of uncovering a vast cemetery in the area. The tomb includes two false doors with colorful paintings depicting the two people buried there, a father and a son who served as heads of the royal scribes, said Abdel-Hakim Karar, a top archaeologist. "The colors of the false door are fresh as if it was painted yesterday," Karar told reporters. More>>
![The false door of the unearthed tomb of Shendwas, father of Khonsu who both served as heads of the royal scribes during the Old Kingdom, is decorated](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100708/capt.c221996e82df4e20ab5c15bf34b9dc2a-c221996e82df4e20ab5c15bf34b9dc2a-0.jpg?x=213&y=144&xc=1&yc=1&wc=408&hc=276&q=85&sig=wFHsI.cl24aBG1IqPgRAIA--)
Close up of freshly painted tomb doors -- after 4,300 years of drying (AP)
Slideshow: Egypt unveils discovery of tombs
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