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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Archaeologists found 4300 years old pyramid

Archaeologists found 19 kilometers south of Giza a 4300 years old pyramid .All that remains is a square-shaped 5-meter tall and 22 meters long structure that had get covered under 25 meters of sand. They calculated that the pyramid over 14 meters high. Since 2 years they work on it, but they actually discovered it 2 weeks ago. In Egypt there were already 118 pyramids discovered until now, but the specialists say that this one is a special one because it belonged to a queen. At the moment they can only think about, witch queen it belonged to, but they think, it belonged to queen Sesheshet, who is thought to have played a important role in establishing the 6th Dynasty. They only think, because near to her, there is the pyramid of her son Till, witch was discovered 20 years before. His two girlfriends were already discovered 100 years ago. In about 2 weeks they will find the chamber inside the pyramid, where they hope to find proof of its owner. Dieter Wildung, head of Berlin's Egyptian Museum and a leading Egyptologists in Europe, said, that their claim is very plausible and that this could be a very special found.

Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass in front of the found pyramid:



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