Ancient funerary temple unearthed near Cairo

An ancient coffin unearthed in a vast necropolis in Saqqara, south of Cairo (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo have been revealed by Egypt’s former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass.

Speaking at the Saqqara necropolis, Mr Hawass said archaeologists had unearthed the temple of Queen Neit, wife of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty that ruled Egypt between 2323 BC and 2150 BC.