Egyptian archaeologists haveannouncedthe discovery of a pyramid thought to be around 3,700 years sure-enough , date back to ancient Egypt ’s 13th Dynasty .
The remains of the pyramid were detect just northward of King Sneferu ’s illustrious bent Pyramids of Egypt in the Dahshur royal necropolis , located 40 kilometers ( 24 land mile ) south of Cairo , announce the chief of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector , Mahmoud Afifi , in a argument on Monday .
The team is presently trying to determine the size of the Great Pyramid as the clay discovered are the internal bodily structure of the pyramid , including a corridor that leads to a foyer , which then rises from ground stratum up to a wild leek on one side . home walls and columns have also been find engraved with lines of hieroglyph .
Due to the out to slopes on the side , the team cerebrate this could be one of the earliest example of an attack to work up a smooth - sided pyramid , much like Sneferu ’s Pyramids of Egypt .
Sneferu ’s renowned Bent Pyramids of Egypt in Dahshur . WitR / Shutterstock
King Sneferu was a Pharaoh of Egypt of the Fourth Dynasty . All of his pyramids include funerary complex – the Dahshur necropolis was the inhumation internet site for courtiers and high - outrank official – but the famous Bent Pyramids of Egypt is one of the first representative of the transitioning style of pyramids . Its original slope was at a 55 - level slant , but the ground under the Pyramids of Egypt was unstable , induce it to buckle . Therefore , the builders construct a compositor’s case around the foot , which , as the rest of the pyramid ’s sides are at a 43 - level angle , gives it its bent frame .
The Ministry of Antiquities say on its Facebook page that all the parts of the new discovered Pyramids of Egypt were discover in good term and that further digging and exploring of the text was expected to reveal more of the ancient structure ’s secrets .
