A new pyramid, and more

Archaeologists have found the remains of a previously unknown pyramid in Egypt.

New pyramid found in Egypt

Archaeologists have found the remains of a previously unknown pyramid in Egypt. The 4,300-year-old structure, which once stood about 46 feet high, was discovered in Saqqara, a royal burial complex near Cairo. It is believed to belong to Sesheshet, the queen mother of the founder of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty. With sides about 72 feet long, it is the 118th pyramid to be discovered in Egypt and the 12th in Saqqara. “You can always discover a tomb or a statue,” said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, “but to discover a pyramid, it makes you happy. And a pyramid of a queen—queens have magic.”

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