- Title: EGYPT: Egyptian archeologists discover remains of ancient pyramid
- Date: 12th November 2008
- Summary: EGYPTIAN CULTURE MINISTER FAROUK HOSNI BEING SHOWN POSTER WITH INFORMATION ABOUT NEW FIND BY HEAD OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, DR. ZAHI HAWASS PHOTOS OF ANTIQUITIES ON POSTER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, DR. ZAHI HAWASS, SAYING: "This is the new pyramid we discovered, the one in front of us here. Its five meters long, when we do a reconstruction it turns out to be fourteen meters high." HAWASS AND ASSISTANT ON TOP OF PYRAMID BASE (SOUNBITE) (English) HEAD OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, DR. ZAHI HAWASS, SAYING: "I have been excavating with my Egyptian team in this site for the last twenty years, since 1988, and we rediscovered in this area two pyramids - one belong to a king of dynasty five and one belong to the main queen of king Teti, the first King of Dynasty six. But today we took about twenty meters of sand and we found under the sand this new pyramid." WIDE OF HAWASS SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNBITE) (English) HEAD OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, DR. ZAHI HAWASS, SAYING: "You cannot reconstruct history if dynasty six without knowing the pyramids of queens the pyramids of the mother of the king. From the archeological point of view also, this pyramid may be the most complete subsidiary pyramid ever found at Saqarra"
- Embargoed: 27th November 2008 12:00
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- Location: Egypt
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: History,Lifestyle
- Reuters ID: LVADJVFMLW7OHWQBHZO9Z2HR8LUH
- Story Text: Egyptian archeologists announced the discovery of the remains of a pyramid that is over 4,000 years old, built for the mother of Pharaoh Teti I Egyptian archaeologists said on Tuesday (November 11)
They have discovered a pyramid buried in the desert near the famous 'Step Pyramid', that is thought to belong to the mother of a pharaoh who ruled more than 4,000 years ago. The pyramid, found about two months ago south of Cairo, probably housed the remains of Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti, who ruled from 2323 to 2291 BC and founded Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, according to the head of Egypt's antiquities council. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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