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4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt

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posted on Nov, 11 2008 @ 09:13 AM
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SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt's chief archaeologist has announced the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid in Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis and burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis.

The pyramid is said to belong to Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who was the founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom.

Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass made the announcement Tuesday at the site in Saqqara, about 12 miles south of Cairo. Hawass' team has been excavating the site for two years.

He 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.

Hawass says the new pyramid is the 118th discovered so far in Egypt.

Yahoo News

It makes me wonder how many pyramids are buried out there. How many civilizations are there that we have not discovered yet?

Will Hawass try to block outsiders from investigating any discoveries made there again?



posted on Nov, 11 2008 @ 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by Deaf Alien
It makes me wonder how many pyramids are buried out there. How many civilizations are there that we have not discovered yet?

Will Hawass try to block outsiders from investigating any discoveries made there again?


Hawass said that Shesheset's pyramid was the last unfound queen's pyramid at Saqqara. There are undoubtedly more pyramids around.

Hawass didn't block anyone -- he has certain areas where his teams work and other folks have areas where they work. Since the 1900s, Egypt has always had a director of antiquities to prevent everyone (and I do mean everyone) from coming in, grabbing up a crew of men, and looting the landscape and leaving large holes everywhere. Around 1900 they put in a law that you can't excavate unless you have a "firman"... a dig permit.

Reuters has more on the find:


news.yahoo.com...;_ylt=AtYIFIknuRtqNslQdWVZyZMUewgF
The only queen whose pyramid is missing is Shesheshet, which is why I am sure it belonged to her," Hawass said. "This will enrich our knowledge about the Old Kingdom."

The Sixth Dynasty, a time of conflict in Egypt's royal family and erosion of centralized power, is considered to be the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom, after which Egypt descended into famine and social upheaval.

Archaeologists had previously discovered pyramids belonging to two of the king's wives nearby, but had never found a tomb belonging to Sesheshet.

The headless, five-meter (16-foot) high pyramid originally reached about 14 meters, with sides 22 meters long, Hawass said.

The pyramid, which Hawass said was the 118th found in Egypt, was uncovered near the world's oldest pyramid at Saqqara, a burial ground for the rulers of ancient Egypt


It's estimated that only a third of the monuments of ancient Egypt have been found. Finding some of them is a problem because they've been dismantled by the locals to provide stone for houses, marketplaces, roads, and so forth.



posted on Nov, 11 2008 @ 11:07 AM
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What about this?


And yet, there are disturbing signs of a capricious and tyrannical streak to the good doctor that bear examination. For example, in 2003, Dr. Joann Fletcher, an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York (U.K.) and Consultant Egyptologist for Harrogate Museums and Arts, and an expert in ancient mummies and their tattoos, hair and wigs, received permission from Hawass to conduct research into tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings, which has so often proved to be a treasure trove of mummies. On that expedition, Fletcher claimed to have found the mummy of Nefertiti, a claim roundly dismissed by Hawass, who then had her unceremoniously ejected from the project and the Valley of the Kings, saying only that she had "broken the rules".


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Even stranger are the events surrounding investigations instigated by the German robotics engineer Rudolph Gantenbrink. Hired in 1992 and 1993 to install ventilation fans in the Great Pyramid, he was intrigued by what were often called ‘air shafts’, blind tunnels ascending on a diagonal from the center of the structure. After convincing the Supreme Council of Antiquities – which would have required Hawass’ cooperation, as he was at that time Chief Inspector for the Giza Pyramds -- to allow him to investigate, he deployed a succession of small robots armed with cameras to climb various shafts.

What he discovered in a shaft rising from the Queen’s Chamber using his robot Upuat II, and what was broadcast to millions in a subsequent documentary, became known as “Gantenbrink’s Door”, a smooth stone slab with copper fittings blocking the air shaft. The findings were spectacular, and theories about what were to be found behind the door -- including a hidden chamber -- ran rampant. Hawass, however, condemned Gantenbrink, and his colleague Dr. Robert Bauval, for sensationalism and speculation.


primarysources.newsvine.com...

There's more on that site.

Thanks for replying. I need to improve my thread making skill to get more attention lol.



posted on Nov, 11 2008 @ 11:52 AM
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Originally posted by Deaf Alien
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What about this?


And yet, there are disturbing signs of a capricious and tyrannical streak to the good doctor that bear examination. For example, in 2003, Dr. Joann Fletcher, an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York (U.K.) and Consultant Egyptologist for Harrogate Museums and Arts, and an expert in ancient mummies and their tattoos, hair and wigs, received permission from Hawass to conduct research into tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings, which has so often proved to be a treasure trove of mummies. On that expedition, Fletcher claimed to have found the mummy of Nefertiti, a claim roundly dismissed by Hawass, who then had her unceremoniously ejected from the project and the Valley of the Kings, saying only that she had "broken the rules".


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Even stranger are the events surrounding investigations instigated by the German robotics engineer Rudolph Gantenbrink. Hired in 1992 and 1993 to install ventilation fans in the Great Pyramid, he was intrigued by what were often called ‘air shafts’, blind tunnels ascending on a diagonal from the center of the structure. After convincing the Supreme Council of Antiquities – which would have required Hawass’ cooperation, as he was at that time Chief Inspector for the Giza Pyramds -- to allow him to investigate, he deployed a succession of small robots armed with cameras to climb various shafts.

What he discovered in a shaft rising from the Queen’s Chamber using his robot Upuat II, and what was broadcast to millions in a subsequent documentary, became known as “Gantenbrink’s Door”, a smooth stone slab with copper fittings blocking the air shaft. The findings were spectacular, and theories about what were to be found behind the door -- including a hidden chamber -- ran rampant. Hawass, however, condemned Gantenbrink, and his colleague Dr. Robert Bauval, for sensationalism and speculation.


primarysources.newsvine.com...

There's more on that site.

Thanks for replying. I need to improve my thread making skill to get more attention lol.


Fletcher bypassed protocol she had agreed to so, exactly as her contract stipulated would happen if she did so, her permit was voided.

Gatenbrink was operating under a permit given to the German Museum in Cairo. The German Museum directors had a problem with Gatenbrink and never re-applied for a permit (these permits are called "concessions" by Hawass and the Council on Antiquities.)

The work begun by Gatenbrink was finally completed by a Japanese team, though not to any conclusion that your source would have preferred.

All this info has been gone over time and time again here at ATS. Seek and ye shall find.

Harte




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