🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Sinki
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Sinki small step pyramid south of Abydos: 18.2 m base limestone 3-step to 4 m (orig. ~11 m), guarding Abdju necropolis c.2630 BCE.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Sinki small step pyramid south of Abydos: 18.2 m base limestone 3-step to 4 m (orig. ~11 m), guarding Abdju necropolis c.2630 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Early New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban — founder of New Kingdom)
Last pharaonic pyramid — cenotaph pyramid of Ahmose I (c.1550 BCE) at South Abydos — 52.5 m mudbrick/limestone terraced memorial to Osiris, bridge to Valley of the Kings.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty, c.2700-2600 BCE (Huni/Sneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Compact three-step pyramid at Sinki near Nag el-Madabigh, 8 km south of Abydos: 12.1 m base, four steps originally limestone-faced, now 4 m ruin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5.5 km SE of Abydos (c.2630 BCE), 12.7 m base, Huni's provincial network.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom, Huni)
Smallest provincial step pyramid (Huni, late 3rd Dynasty, 3-step, 12.55 m base, 4 m high today) near Naga el-Khalifa south of Abydos.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Second Intermediate Period (Abydos Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Abydos polity)
Abydos Dynasty pyramid-tomb of Senebkay discovered 2014 — tiny South Abydos pyramid c.1650 BCE with quartzite sarcophagus and Book of the Dead, proving lost Abydos kingdom.