CAIRO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The missing sections of the so-called Sphinx road and the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in Sakkara area have been discovered in southwest Cairo, the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) said on Tuesday.

    In a press release, the SCA said that Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Abdel-Aziz Hosni made the announcement, noting that the road discovered by the Egyptian archeologists was mentioned in some ancient Greek manuscripts.

    Secretary General of Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawwas noted that it is believed that the discovered parts are connected to the passage leading to Anubis Temples.

    He also announced the discovery of the bottom part of a pyramid, which was believed to belong to King Menkauhor (from 2,444 B.C. to2,436 B.C.) of the Fifth Dynasty.

    Best known as the Step Pyramid, the oldest known of Egypt's 97 pyramids, Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, which of constant interest to Egyptologists.