The workshops were used to mummify humans and sacred animals and date back 2,400 years.
Clay pots, ritual vessels and other items apparently used in mummification were found in the workshops, said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The spaces were discovered in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is a part of Egypt's ancient capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site.The Saqqara necropolis. Pic: APThe tombs were for a top official from the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt and a priest from the New Kingdom, according to Sabri Farag, head of the Saqqara archaeological site.
The Old Kingdom tombs were painted with the names of the dead and their wives, while alabaster statues of the tombs' owners were found in the New Kingdom tombs.
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