Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery)
Kadada Cluster
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)·Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom·🇸🇩 River Nile, Kadada, Sudan
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About Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery)
Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) in River Nile, Kadada, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom. Systematic survey and magnetometry document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal necropolis and ancillary settlement. Dimensions base 22.5 m × 22.5 m; height 12 m; inclination 52°; area 29.4 ha. Excavation excavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom pyramid with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 340 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Elite residence hypothesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2600 BCE
- Period
- Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)
- Culture
- Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
- Builders
- Old Kingdom
- Purpose
- Funerary monument and ritual complex
- Rediscovered
- 1974
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 892 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1924
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
On the ground
Structures & features
16.4500° N · 33.1000° E · 340 m · 4 mapped features
- Main Pyramid CorepyramidMain Pyramid Core at Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) — pyramid with stratified deposits16.4503° N · 33.1019° E
- Mortuary ChapelchapelMortuary Chapel at Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) — chapel with stratified deposits16.4495° N · 33.1005° E
- Causeway SegmentcausewayCauseway Segment at Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) — causeway with stratified deposits16.4488° N · 33.1009° E
- Subsidiary ShaftshaftSubsidiary Shaft at Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) — shaft with stratified deposits16.4511° N · 33.1008° E