Next to the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, archaeologists unearthed the pyramid of an unknown queen.

Live Science writes about it.

For the past two years, archaeologists are known to have been working at Saqqara, an archaeological site in Giza, about 32 kilometers south of Cairo.

They recently discovered a number of coffins and mummies that may belong to some of King Tutankhamun's closest soldiers and advisers, and researchers have focused their attention on a nearby pyramid belonging to Teta, the first king of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty.

In these mines, archaeologists discovered a huge limestone sarcophagus, as well as 300 coffins from the time of the New Kingdom.

The archeologist noted that burials from the time of the New Kingdom were not known in this area before, so this is a unique find.

It will be recalled that archaeologists were able to find the remains of an ancient temple in Egypt.

The shrine was discovered during excavations at Tell el-Farain.

This place is also known as "the hill of the pharaohs".

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