Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Zahi Hawass in 2003
In a recent interview with Andrew Bayuk, Zahi Hawass has revealed that they have discovered another pyramid at Saqqara. It is claimed that this pyramid belonged to one of the queens of Teti. Other tombs were also found at Saqqara but a formal announcement is yet to be made.
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“A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt’s Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said on Tuesday.
“An electromagnetic survey revealed the existence in the Karanis region of a network of walls and roads similar to those […]

This is a story from the archives - from September 2001. Story by Nevine El-Aref of Al-Ahram weekly.
Egyptian-Japanese archaeologists working in Saqqara have stumbled upon evidence that the builder of the Great Pyramid was revered as a god for up to two millennia after his death, writes Nevine El-Aref
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Egypt’s MPs are expected to pass a law requiring royalties be paid whenever copies are made of museum pieces or ancient monuments such as the pyramids.
Zahi Hawass, who chairs Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, told the BBC the law would apply in all countries.
The money was needed to maintain thousands of pharaonic sites, he said.
Correspondents […]