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Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis ('Arsinoë', also known as 'Medinet al-Faiyum') at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III, who was a Pharaoh of the 12th dynasty of the Old Kingdom, in 19 century B.C. [1]
He built for himself two pyramids at Dahshur and Hawara, becoming the first pharaoh since Sneferu in the Fourth Dynasty to build more than one. Near to his Hawara pyramid is a pyramid for his daughter Neferuptah. To acquire resources for the building program, Amenemhat III exploited the quarries of Egypt and the Sinai for turquoise and copper.
The Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara. Amenemhat III was the last powerful ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty, and the pyramid he built at Hawara, near the Faiyum, is believed to post-date the so-called "Black Pyramid" built by the same ruler at Dahshur. It is the Hawara pyramid that is believed to have been Amenemhet's final resting place.
The Labyrinth of Egypt was built at Hawara by Amenemhat III, who ruled c. 1800 BC as the sixth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty. [1][2] Karl Richard Lepsius also discovered cartouches bearing the name of Amenemhat's daughter, Sobekneferu, [2] suggesting that she made additions to the complex's decorations during her reign as king of Egypt.
55° (upper) The Black Pyramid (Egyptian Arabic: الهرم الأسود, romanized: al-Haram al-ʾAswad) was built by King Amenemhat III (r. c. 1860 BC-c. 1814 BC) during the late Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055–1650 BC). It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt. Originally named Amenemhet ...
Volume. 129,360 m 3 (169,200 cu yd) [4] Slope. 54°27'44" [3][4] The pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Amenemhat I. This structure returned to the approximate size and form of Old Kingdom pyramids. [5] It also established a new tradition though of giving each ...
The Lepsius list of pyramids is a list of sixty-seven ancient Egyptian pyramids established in 1842–1843 by Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884), an Egyptologist and leader of the "Prussian expedition to Egypt" from 1842 until 1846. The Lepsius list of pyramid is the first attempt at systematically listing all the Egyptian pyramids, and as such ...
Dated to 1802–1640 BC. Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst. [1][2][3] [4] Avaris (Egyptian: ḥw.t wꜥr.t, sometimes hut-waret; Ancient Greek: Αὔαρις, romanized: Auaris; Greek: Άβαρις, romanized: Avaris; Arabic: اواريس, romanized: Awaris) [5] was the Hyksos capital of Egypt located at the modern site of Tell el-Dab ...