Description: The Satellite Pyramid GI-b is the middle of the three smaller Pyramids on the east side of the Great Pyramid. It has not been finally clarified for whom it was erected, however, scientists are inclined to believe that the Pyramid was the tomb of the wife of Pharaoh Khufu, Queen Meritites I. For the first time, the entrance to the Pyramid was cleared and described in 1837 by Colonel Howard Vyse together with engineer and archaeologist John Shae Perring. In the section of the descending corridor and the antechamber, they found about 12 human skulls, fragments of bones and wooden sarcophagi, but they could not find anything in the burial chamber itself. Today, the Pyramid is a small stone hill, wherein the descending corridor and the burial chamber are located below the level of the bedrock surface. Alternative names: Pyramid of Queen Meritites I Lepsius No: 6 Type: True Pyramid Location: Giza Plateau Country: Egypt
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