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At Hawara there was also the intact (pyramid) tomb of Neferuptah, daughter of Amenemhat III. This tomb was found about 2 km south of the king's pyramid. In common with the Middle Kingdom pyramids constructed after Amenemhat II, it was built of mudbrick round a core of limestone passages and burial chambers, and faced with limestone. Most of the ...
In its SVG file, hover over a pyramid to highlight and click for its article. This is a list of lists of pyramids. Lepsius list of pyramids; List of Egyptian pyramids; List of Mesoamerican pyramids; List of pyramid mausoleums in North America; List of pyramids in Ireland; List of Pyramids of Meroe; List of tallest pyramids
Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 2 queens pyramids. 6th Pepi I: Pyramid of Pepi I (The beauty of Pepi may endure) South Saqqara 78.75 52.5 107,835 53° 7' 48" Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 5 queens pyramids.
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.
Giza, Pyramid G1-d: Giza Limestone No 111.8 70.9 [3] 4 Wife of Menkaure: Giza, Pyramid G3-a: Limestone No 112.5 75 [4] 5: Sahure: Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure: Known only from inscription Limestone, gold [5] 5 Khentkaus II: Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II: Black granite [4] 6: Merenre Nemtyemsaf I: Saqqara, Pyramid of Merenre: Known only from ...
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In 1843, the Prussian Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius excavated the area around the Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara and, after uncovering the remnants of a series of brick chambers, argued that he had positively identified the location of the famed labyrinth. (Around this time, Lepsius's student, G. M. Ebers, contended that if one were to ...
Here are 30 strange (maybe) and interesting (we hope) facts about The Pyramid, as the iconic Memphis building turns 30.