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In pictures: New pyramid found

#1 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:45 pm

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All that remains of the pyramid is a square-shaped structure. The site is already known as one of the most famous burial grounds for rulers of ancient Egypt.

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Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered another pyramid - the country's 118th so far - from the sands at Saqqara, just south of the capital Cairo.

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A senior Egyptian official said the 16ft-high (five-metre) remains originally stood about three times that height. In the coming weeks, experts expect to enter the burial chamber.

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The 4,300-year-old monument probably belonged to the queen mother of King Teti, the founder of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, several hundred years after the building of the famed Great Pyramids of Giza.

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But they say the monument - which lies next to the previously-found pyramids of King Teti's two wives - is likely to have been looted by tomb raiders a long time ago.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7723477.stm
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#2 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:47 pm

I would love to go into a newly discovered burial chamber. That would be amazing!
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