🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Hawara
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian
Second pyramid of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) at Hawara, 58 m high 105 m base, brick core with limestone casing now stripped, near Fayum depression.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian
Second pyramid of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) at Hawara, 58 m high 105 m base, brick core with limestone casing now stripped, near Fayum depression.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd Dynasty?, c.2650-2600 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Low limestone rubble mound 20 m base at Athribis (Wannina) on west bank near Sohag: attributed to late 3rd Dynasty small pyramid but poorly published, surveyed by Lepsius and Schenkel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Second Intermediate Period, early 13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (13th Dynasty; king foreign origin 'boar')
Only completed pyramid of 13th Dynasty at South Saqqara, for obscure Levantine-derived king Khendjer (c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Middle Kingdom, late 12th–13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Two late 12th / early 13th Dynasty mudbrick pyramid ruins 5 km south of Dahshur at Mazghuna village: Southern pyramid 52.5 m base with intact quartzite sarcophagus and 42 t lid in U-shaped quartzite…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)
Huni provincial step pyramid near Ombos (ancient Nubt), 18.39 m base, 3 steps, 4.50 m high today. Limestone blocks with Tafla mortar, without burial chamber, with eastern ramp.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Mudbrick pyramid of Senwosret II at El-Lahun, gateway to Fayum, 48 m high 106 m base (angle 42°35'), innovative limestone framework walls radiating from rock core filled with mudbrick.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Three-step small pyramid at El-Kula, 5 km north of Hierakonpolis temple town: 12.5 m base, 3 steps, limestone core now eroded. Excavated by Quibell, Reiner and Kaiser.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty early · Ancient Egyptian
First pyramid at Abusir for second king of 5th Dynasty (47.5 m high, 78.75 m base, angle 50°11'), introducing 5th Dynasty pyramidal art refinement: exquisite limestone mortuary temple reliefs (naval…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished late-3rd Dynasty layer pyramid (Z1) of King Khaba, 84 m square base with 14 inclined limestone layers forming steep stepped core, intended 42–45 m high but left as stump 20 m high with…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian
Largest 5th Dynasty pyramid at Abusir for third king Neferirkare Kakai (originally 72 m high, 105 m base, angle 54°), built as step pyramid then converted to true pyramid but left unfinished at…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Collapsing transitional pyramid built by Sneferu (or Huni) at the mouth of the Fayum: first straight-sided true pyramid attempt, originally seven steps encased to form 92 m true pyramid; outer casing…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Emerald Mound Natchez South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) · Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?)
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses in South Sinai, Egypt is a Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) tomb attributed to Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last great pyramid of the Old Kingdom for the longest-reigning pharaoh (traditionally 94 years, modern 64+): 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high, tallest South Saqqara pyramid with extensive Pyramid Texts,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, late · Ancient Egyptian
Sixth king of 5th Dynasty's 51.5 m high pyramid at Abusir (79.9 m base), smallest of Abusir cluster, built awkwardly among existing pyramids requiring diverted causeway through Neferirkare complex.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom · Egyptian
Queen pyramid of Ankhenespepi II (6th Dynasty, wife of Pepi I, mother of Pepi II), 31 m base associated pyramid texts with queen.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Founder's pyramid of 5th Dynasty at Saqqara, 49 m base, 18 m high (originally 49 m), badly ruined rubble mound east of Djoser enclosure.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last king of 5th Dynasty's 43 m high pyramid at Saqqara South, notable for first Pyramid Texts — 283 spells carved in underground alabaster-lined chambers to guide king to afterlife.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First king of 6th Dynasty's badly ruined 52.5 m high pyramid at Saqqara (78.5 m base) with interior Pyramid Texts and basalt sarcophagus.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Large 6th Dynasty pyramid at South Saqqara (78.75 × 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high), most intact Pyramid Texts ( >2,300 lines) giving royal afterlife spells.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Brief-reigned 6th Dynasty king Merenre's unfinished? pyramid between Pepi I and Djedkare Isesi at South Saqqara, base 78.75 m, attempted height 52.5 m, with fine Pyramid Texts and polychrome relief…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Late Roman to Mamluk (5th–14th c. CE) · Coptic Christian
Coptic hermitage complex (90 cells) with Church of Gabriel and wall paintings.
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Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Only surviving Wonder of Ancient World: 146.6 m limestone pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), 2580–2560 BCE, 2.3 million blocks, internal King's Chamber with relieving chambers and ascending/descending…
