This undated photos shows a discovered pottery coffin in Daqahilia province, Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Handout via Xinhua)
He added that the oval-shaped tombs contained funeral furniture and pottery coffins.
He considered the discovery as "historically significant because it indicated that this area was highly populated and the site also contains rare pottery coffins."
More tombs are expected to be unearthed in the same area, according to Waziri.
The funeral pieces included different shaped small pottery pots and some sea shells, said Ayman Ashmawy, head of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities.
