The Pyramid of Unas may be small, but what lies inside is among the most important discoveries in Ancient Egyptian history.

"The route through a pyramid complex leads finally to the great stone false door at the back of the offering chapel. On the 'other side', behind solid masonry, deep under the pyramid, lay the most ...

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 ...

"The causeway of the pyramid of Unas must have been one of the most impressive of any pyramid. In the roof a slit was left open, allowing a shaft of light to illuminate a gallery of brightly painted ...

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A French mission working at a site in Saqqara found the burial chamber of Queen Behenu. However, it is still unclear if this queen was the wife of Pepi I or Pepi II, who ruled during the 6th Dynasty.

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