ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found a 5000-year-old necropolis in Egypt’s northern Delta region containing 100 funerary chambers and unique flint objects, a Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) official said Monday. Cosmetic boxes, flint knives and terra cotta vases with drawings of the fish-goddess Hat-mayhet were found in the funerary chambers which date back to the 1st and 2nd dynasties (3000 BC), director of excavations Naguib Nur said. The knives bore the name of Den, the fourth king of the 1st dynasty who was also known as Udimu, he said. The 10 000 square metre cemetery was unearthed in the Simbillawein region of Daqahliya province. Each funerary chamber consists of one main room and a number of adjoining ones, Nur said.