Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Clues to long-lost pyramid found

Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)

The missing pyramid of an obscure pharaoh that ruled Egypt 4,300 years ago could lie at the intersection of a series of invisible lines in South Saqqara, according to new astronomical and topographical research.

Connecting the funerary complexes raised by the kings of the 6th Dynasty between 2322 B.C. and 2151 B.C., these lines would have governed the sacred space of the Saqqara area, in accordance with a number of criteria such as dynastic lineage, religion and astronomical alignment.

"We are talking of meridian and diagonal alignments, with pyramids raised at their intersections. The only missing piece in this sort of grid is the pyramid of Userkare," Giulio Magli, professor of archaeoastronomy at Milan's Polytechnic University, told Discovery News. His research will appear in the next issue of the journal Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry.

Also reported on MSNBC.

1 comment:

AK said...

Well, it is amazing how we keep talking about future discoveries in this country, and almost everything we found out came coincidently!
I read before that they expect to find another Sphinx! Since Egyptians used to build two of every guarding item.
However, a new Pyramid would be nice to see. Though it won't be one of the Seven Wonders of The World... Such a shame! Great news though!
http://egyptgift.blogspot.com/