AP: June 5: Another view of the sarcophagus inside the Saqqara Serapium south of Cairo, Egypt.
AQQARA, Egypt — Egypt unveiled on Thursday a newly uncovered 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" and a ceremonial procession road where high priests, their faces obscured by masks, once carried mummified sacred bulls worshipped in the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.
The pyramid was actually a "rediscovery," said Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass.
It is believed to have been built by King Menkauhor, an obscure pharaoh who ruled for only eight years.
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Thursday, June 05, 2008