The North African country has set its sights on its ancient heritage to attract the global spotlight once more

"I went out looking for memorialisation."

The Minya graves, discovered during an excavation that started in February last year, are in a communal tomb

The 13 monuments, whose square stone bases are topped with angular mounds, are perched on a pair of hills near the city of Tiaret

The belief that ancient Egyptians needed help from supernatural beings to built the Giza pyramids relies on racism and colonial attitudes

Who built the pyramids? Slaves, as Hollywood’s version would have it? Jewish slaves, as an Israeli prime minister famously remarked?

The monuments may be glorious, but visiting Egypt’s famed Giza Pyramids has long been a nightmare, with hawkers peddling camel rides and trinkets.