Ancient Pyramid Discovered In Egypt

Wed., May 3, 1995

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Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old pyramid for a previously unknown queen at Sakkara, famous for the steppyramid that was the precursor of Egypt’s major Pharaonic monuments.

The find was announced Tuesday by French archaeologist Jean Leclant and Abdel-Halim Noureddin, president of Egypt’s Supreme Council for Antiquities.

“It’s a very, very important discovery,” Noureddin said. “This no doubt will add much information for us about this period of the Old Kingdom.”

He and the French archaeological team said further research will be needed to pin down exactly who the queen was.

Inscriptions found at the pyramid and adjacent funerary temple identify her as Queen Meritites, and Leclant says she is believed to have been the daughter or granddaughter of Pharaoh Pepi I.

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