Archaeologists have made an incredible discovery inside an Egyptian pyramid built some 4400 years ago, which may provide insight into how the ancient structures were built.
The Pyramid of Sahure was built as the final resting place of Sahure, a pharaoh who led Egypt during the Fifth Dynasty. It has been the subject of a restoration project since 2019, as restorers attempt to clean out its rooms and install supports to prevent it from collapsing.
The Pyramid of Sahure looks unusual compared to other Ancient Egyptian pyramids. Picture: Visit Egypt.The researchers, led by Egyptologist Mohamed Ismail Khaled from Würzburg University in Germany, discovered chambers that had been blocked off since at least when the corridor collapsed. When Perring and his team first excavated the Pyramid of Sahure in 1836, the corridors were already collapsed. He hypothesised that they led to a series of storage rooms, but his suspicions were, until now, unconfirmed.
Researchers from the University of Würzburg say the previously undiscovered chambers shed light on the design of ancient Egyptian pyramids.
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