CAIRO — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered new discoveries near the famed city of Luxor. They include ancient tombs of high ranking officials and artworks from the time of Queen Hatshepsut.

Egyptian archaeologists announced significant discoveries near Luxor on Wednesday, including 3,600-year-old rock-cut tombs, burial shafts, and artifacts from various ancient periods. The finds were made at the causeway of Queen Hatshepsut’s funerary temple in Deir al-Bahri, on the west bank of the Nile.

The excavation yielded over 1,000 decorated blocks and fragments with detailed carvings and inscriptions, considered rare examples of sculpture from Hatshepsut's reign and that of her successor, Thutm

The artefacts, unearthed during a three-year-long excavation, were found in Deir al-Bahari area in the necropolis of Thebes on the west bank of the Nile

A team of French archaeologists from the University of Strasbourg has just discovered a 3,500-year-old sarcophagus in Luxor, Egypt.