"Lost" Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt

[Dover]

"Lost" Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt
Andrew Bossone in Cairo for
National Geographic News ________________

June 5, 2008

The pyramid of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been rediscovered after being buried for generations, archaeologists announced today. (See photos and video.)

The pyramid is thought to house the tomb of King Menkauhor, who is believed to have ruled in Egypt's 5th dynasty for eight years in the mid-2400s B.C.

Long since reduced to its foundations, the structure was previously known as Number 29 or the "Headless Pyramid." It was mentioned in the mid-19th century by German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius.

Then it disappeared in the sands of Saqqara, a sprawling royal burial complex near current-day Cairo.

It took Egyptian archaeologists about a year and a half just to remove all the sand above the pyramid.

"After Lepsius the location of the pyramid was lost and the substructure of pyramid never known," said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities...cont'd

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080605-new-pyramid.html


Video: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080605-pyramid-video-ap.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. When they open the chamber...they gonna find McBushies birth records

[jberryhill]

2. They also found...

The pharoah's car keys, his wallet, and that DVD that he forgot to return to Blockbuster.

The reign of King Waretefukset was marked by its disorganization.