"The Round Pyramid" or "Step Pyramid", is located in two kilometers from the Giza in Zaviet el-Arian. Today, it is completely destroyed.
The Round Pyramid is regarded to be the Pyramid of to Pharaoh Haba - the last King of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Its base - is 14 rows of limestone blocks masonry. Its "Burial chamber" is carved inside the natural rock under the Pyramid. There is a staircase and a gallery leading to it from the north-eastern entrance, which is not-accessible now. Outside
of the pyramid, there is another gallery, made in the bedrock, and
streaching to the north-east and to the north and north-west of the
Pyramid. This gallery has 32 niches.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. Headless Pyramid.
The Headless Pyramid was discovered in 1842 by the German archaeologist Karl Lepsius, during his excavations at
Saqqara. This Pyramid was called as the "Headless Pyramid" because of the the absence of its exterior.
Time passed and the Pyramid gradually sank under the desert sands. The attempts of archaeologists to find it once again - appeared in vain. Luck faced only to the archeology team of Dr. Zahi Hawass in 2008. A year and a half was spent on removing a seven-meter layer of sand, until the Pyramid was found again, 166 years later after Karl Lepsius' discovery.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. Quartzite Sarcofagus in the Desert.
The railroad is crossing the Desert in
two kilometers to the North of the Red Pyramid. It lies a few meters
below the level of sands of Saqqara. So, here
we can easily see the the structure of the geological layers of Saqqara, cut while the construction of the railways.
In this report shall focus on one single artifact - quartzite
sarcophagus, which, probably, was found during the removing these
geological layers, while construction the railway though the Saqqara
Desert.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. Shepseskaf Mastaba.
The Mastaba of Shepseskaf is located in
South Saqqara, 3.5 km to the south of the Pyramid of Djoser and 3.5 km
to the North of the Red Pyramid at Dahshur. Its perimeter is 100 x 75 m
and its height is - 18 m. Mastaba consists of 10 rows of limestone
blocks, which are strongly damaged by erosion. There are a lot of
fragments of the facing blocks and granite pieces of some ancient
structures, located at the foot of the Mastaba.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. The Pyramid of Pepi I.
The pyramid of Pharaoh Pepi II is located in South Saqqara, a mile away from the Pyramid of Pepi I.
The Pyramid complex of Pepi II was discovered by John Perring.
In 1881. Gaston Maspero was the first to enter the interior of the
Pyramid.
Among other artifacts, we have paid
special attention to the
basalt block, located in the southeast of the Pyramid. It has a great number of high-tech traces of
ancient instrument, left on it's surface.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. The Pyramid of Pepi I.
The pyramid of Pepi I is located in
South Saqqara, in two kilometers to the south of Djoser.
The Pyramid was first discovered in 1830 by John Perring. In
1880, the brothers Brugsch found inscriptions in the Burial Chamber.
The Pyramid of Pepi I was the first one were the ancient
inscriptions were found. This fact gave Gaston Maspero the reason to
start his searches for the "Pyramid Texts" inside other pyramids of
Ancient Egypt.
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. The Pyramid of Sekhemhet.
Sekhemkhet is the third Pharaoh of the
III Dynasty of the Old Kingdom III, who reigned for more than six years
(2611 - 2603 BC). He was the successor to the pharaoh Djoser.
The ruins of the unfinished Pyramid of Sekhemkhet were found
near Saqqara in 1951 - 1952 by the Egyptian archaeologist Mohammed
Zakaria Ghoneim. The Pyramid was buried under a thick layer of sand, so
it is also known as the "Buried Pyramid".
EGYPT: December - 2012. Saqqara. The funerary complex of Hotepsehemui. (Underground labyrinth of Saqqara)
According to the official version, the
Pharaoh was buried in Saqqara in the underground labyrinth, which is
partially located under the Pyramid of Unas. Labyrinth is represented by the main
Central Gallery, located in a few meters from the Pyramid of Unas, along
it's eastern side. The Gallery has many perpendicular passages, which,
in their turn, have secondary passages, and etc.
...The archaeological mission of Dr. Zahi Hawass, has discovered a small number of pieces of broken sarcophagus and a whole lid, while removing the layers of sand over the remains of the "Headless Pyramid" in Saqqara in 2008.
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