If you’ve been planning a trip to Egypt, there’s a new site that you’ll want to add to your “must visit” list because a new pyramid was just discovered in the country. Okay, so it’s hardly “new” at all — the recently-excavated pyramid is estimated to be about 3,700 years old, and is likely from the 13th Dynasty.
The pyramid was discovered in the Dahshur Necropolis, which is where high-ranking officials were buried during the 13th Dynasty.
Historians believe this was the ancient Egyptians’ first attempt at a smooth-sided pyramid — as opposed to “step pyramids,” which were built with six stepped layers of stone.
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