Missing Pyramid of Pharaoh discovered by Egyptian Archaeologists

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the “missing pyramid” of a pharaoh and a traditional demo road where high priests had mummified remains of hallowed bulls, Egypt’s relics chief stated Thursday. Zahi Hawass stated the pyramid — of which only the base remains — is known to be that of King Menkauhor, an unclear pharaoh who ruled for only eight years, which was actually more than 4,000 years ago.

In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius said Menkauhor’s pyramid among his discover at Saqqara, naming it the “Headless Pyramid” as its top was missing, Hawass stated. But in fact desert sands enclosed Lepsius’ discovery, and no archaeologist were able to find this out since then. “We have filled the gap of the missing pyramid,” Hawass told reporters on a tour of the discoveries at Saqqara, the necropolis and committal site of the rulers of old Memphis, the capital of Egypt’s Old Kingdom, south of Cairo. Only the pyramid’s base — or the superstructure as archaeologists’ name it was discovered after a 25-foot-high heap of sand was taken out over the past year and a half by Hawass’ team.