Wellfleet, MA, US
And in other disappearing-building news, a Cape Cod lighthouse which was believed to have been destroyed 80 years ago has turned up in California.
Apparently, rather than being demolished, the lighthouse was moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and subsequently to Point Montara.
For details visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362819,00.html
All right maybe it isn't the BEST news in the world, but we have a lost-and-found theme going here!
- Mother Goose
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Lost Pyramid Rediscovered in Egypt
Saqqara, Egypt
In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius recorded the existence of "pyramid 29," or "the headless pyramid" in Saqqara, Egypt. It is believed to be the tomb of little-known Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled for less than a decade 4,000 years ago. The sands of the desert buried the pyramid soon after Lepsius's discovery, and it remained hidden for over a century.
Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, has rediscovered the lost pyramid after he and his team removed a 25-foot mountain of sand over the last year and a half.
Also discovered by Hawass's team is a ceremonial processional road leading to the lost pyramid, which, according to Hawass, "[A]dds an important part to our knowledge of the Old Kingdom and its rituals."
For pictures and details, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363472,00.html
In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius recorded the existence of "pyramid 29," or "the headless pyramid" in Saqqara, Egypt. It is believed to be the tomb of little-known Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled for less than a decade 4,000 years ago. The sands of the desert buried the pyramid soon after Lepsius's discovery, and it remained hidden for over a century.
Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, has rediscovered the lost pyramid after he and his team removed a 25-foot mountain of sand over the last year and a half.
Also discovered by Hawass's team is a ceremonial processional road leading to the lost pyramid, which, according to Hawass, "[A]dds an important part to our knowledge of the Old Kingdom and its rituals."
For pictures and details, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363472,00.html
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