Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology

A burial believed to be that of the Sixth Dynasty Queen Seshestet, mother of King Teti, was announced today by Zahi Hawass and the SCA.

After five hours spent lifting the lid of a sarcophagus in a pyramid discovered south of Cairo last year, they found a skull, legs, pelvis, other body parts wrapped in linen, and ancient pottery, the government's antiquities department said.

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Khufu's second boat pit is going to be excavated, and the boat reassembled.

[The first one, excavated 50 years ago, is reassembled in the Boat Museum near the great pyramid; the second one was saved until excavation techniques improved.]

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Pyramid No. 29 as described by Lepsius, has been rediscovered at Saqqara. Link with photos and videos.

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