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A 30-feet-long hidden corridor discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza could lead to further findings, Egyptian officials said on Thursday.
Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis ('Arsinoë', also known as 'Medinet al-Faiyum') at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty in the 19th century B.C. [1]
The water is at least 10.4 metres (34 ft) deep and connects to an underground water source. There are 17 small chambers in the hall's walls, and behind the wall opposite the entrance there is a 'sarcophagus chamber'. Plan of the central hall of the Osireion. Showing entrance from tunnel at the top and sarcophagus chamber at the bottom.
Reconstruction of the original grave furnishings by George Andrew Reisner. The tomb of Hetepheres I (also G 7000x) is an Ancient Egyptian shaft tomb at Giza. It is part of the Eastern Cemetery of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Necropolis G 7000) and is located near the northeast corner of the northern pyramid of Queen G I-a.
The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC. The site also ...
Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V.He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own.. The architectural layout is typical of the 20th Dynasty – the Ramesside period – and is much simpler than that of Ramesses III's tomb
The cliff tomb of Hatshepsut, also known as tomb Wadi A-1, [1] is the tomb quarried for her as the Great Royal Wife of Thutmose II, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.It is located in Wady Sikkat Taqet Zaid, to the west of the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.
KV6 schematic. Tomb KV6 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is the final resting place of the 20th-Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses IX.However, the archaeological evidence and the quality of decoration it contains indicates that the tomb was not finished in time for Ramesses's death but was hastily rushed through to completion, many corners being cut, following his demise.