Egypt’s chief archaeologist announced the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid in Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis and burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis. (Khaled El-Fiqi / EPA)
An Egyptian worker restores a board at the site of the pyramid of Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who was the founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. (Khaled El-Fiqi / EPA)
Workers carry rocks from a newly discovered pyramid site, where Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass led a two-year excavation. Hawass says the discovery was only made two months ago when it became clear that the 16-foot-tall structure uncovered from the sand was a pyramid. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)
Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, center-right, walks around the site of a newly discovered pyramid. He says the new pyramid is the 118th discovered so far in Egypt. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)
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Workers at the site of the pyramid discovered in Saqqara, about 12 miles south of Cairo. (Khaled El-Fiqi / EPA)
