A 4,300-year-old pyramid has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo.
A ancient burial ground in south of Cairo. which dates back to 2,700 BC and is dominated by the massive bulk of King Zoser's step pyramid, the first ever built.
It stand in five metres (16 foot) tall, is believed to have been 15 metres tall when it was first built for Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who founded the 6th Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
The pyramid's base was discovered "20 metres below the sands and a doorway for the burial place was also discovered but it seems thieves had looted the pyramid.
