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headless, 6-foot high pyramid originally reached about 46 feet, with sides 72 feet long, Hawass said.
The pyramid, which Hawass said was the 118th found in Egypt, was uncovered near the world's oldest pyramid at Saqqara, a burial ground for the rulers of ancient Egypt.
"This may be the most complete subsidiary pyramid ever found at Saqqara," Hawass said.
The monument was originally covered in a casing of white limestone brought from quarries at nearby Tura, Hawass said.
Archaeologists plan to enter the pyramid's burial chamber within two weeks, although most of its contents are likely to have been taken by thieves, Hawass said.
Artifacts including a wooden statue of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis and funerary a later period indicate that the cemetery had been reused through Roman times, Hawass said.
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