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Send your questions to: Egypt: "It's a tomb built for a queen!" That's what archaeologists are saying in Saqqara, an ancient burial site south of Cairo. They believe it belonged to Sesheshet, the mother of Teti, the founder of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Seti ruled from 2323 to 2291 B.C. The pyramid measures only 14 feet high at resent, having lost its top at some unknown time. Israel: A incredibly well-preserved earring was uncovered by a team excavating a parking area in Jerusalem. A beautifully wrought coiled gold hoop circles a large pearl. From the bottom of the coil hang two pendants, each with an emerald enclosed in a gold cap and then a pearl, which is smaller than the one above but also circled with a gold loop. Studies indicate that the earring dates to between the first century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. |