The Black Pyramid’s modern excavation spans 91 years. Jacques de Morgan began work in 1892, opening the entrance and driving more than 200 metres of tunnels in roughly 100 days; his team exposed stone slabs forming the ceilings of the substructure. De Morgan did not excavate the royal burial chamber. Dieter Arnold’s German Archaeological Institute of Cairo team completed the underground complex’s excavation in 1983, revealing the chamber.
Black Pyramid: De Morgan’s 1892 Tunnels and Arnold’s 1983 Completion
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- Jacques de Morgan began excavating the Black Pyramid in 1892.
- In roughly 100 days, de Morgan’s team drove more than 200 metres of tunnels and exposed stone slabs forming the ceilings of the substructure; it did not excavate the royal burial chamber.
- Dieter Arnold’s German Archaeological Institute of Cairo team later completed the excavation of the underground complex in 1983, including the royal burial chamber.
- The initial and completed excavation campaigns were 91 years apart.
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