An army of pyramid builders: Fascinating discoveries are being made in quick succession revealing much about the Pharonic age in Egypt

From: The Arab American News | Date: September 27, 2002 | Copyright information

A large royal storehouse and administrative building unearthed last season to the south-east of the Great Sphinx at Giza has once again focused attention on the Age of the Pyramid Builders.

Routine excavations on the Giza Plateau by the Chicago Harvard University Giza Mapping Project have unearthed a vast royal complex dating from the reigns of Khafre and Menkaure, builders of the second and third pyramids.

It has proved to be the oldest administrative settlement ever found and ...

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