Swiss Team Discovers Pyramid ‘by Accident’
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EGYPT
A 4,500-year-old tomb of a queen whose identity remains a mystery is the 110th pyramid to be uncovered in Egypt, the country’s antiquities director said.
The discovery was made by a Swiss team of archeologists excavating the tomb of the 4th dynasty pharaoh Redjedef, son and successor of Khufu. The find “was completely by accident,” said Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
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