SERKAF’S PYRAMID: Userkaf’s Pyramid at Saqqara is smaller than Menkaure’s at Giza. The substructure was explored in 1839; no one has entered the Pyramid since, and access is now blocked by ...

Prince Waserif Re was the son of King Userkaf, who founded ancient ... were originally housed in a chamber next to the Step Pyramid of King Djoser, whose complex is also within Saqqara.

Khafre was a pharaoh who ordered the construction of one of the Giza Pyramids, while Userkaf and Niuserre were pharaohs who ruled Egypt during the Fifth Dynasty. [See Photos of the Ancient Egypt ...

A joint archaeological mission has made a fascinating discovery within the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of King Userkaf ... housed near Djoser's step pyramid, were moved to Prince Userefre's ...

Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people. Researchers have dug up several mummified cats alongside about 100 wooden cat statues in a tomb complex near a ...

Egyptian archaeologists are preparing to open an apparently untouched Fifth Dynasty tomb at the edge of the King Userkaf pyramid complex south of Cairo, officials said Saturday. The necropolis was ...

In all, seven sarcophagi were discovered on the edge of the King Userkaf pyramid complex. Three of them held cats. Reuters Further work at the site in Saqqara is planned. Archaeologists found the ...

The tomb is believed to belong to Prince Waserif-Re, son of King Userkaf, the founder of ... builder of the nearby Step Pyramid, alongside figures of his wife and ten daughters.

In all, seven sarcophagi were discovered on the edge of the King Userkaf pyramid complex. Three of them held cats. Further work at the site in Saqqara is planned. Archaeologists found the door to ...