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Contested pyramids

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified574 Widely accepted3 Contested3 Hypothetical3 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology5

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Pyramids

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Headless Pyramid

Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ~2422 BCE (or First Intermediate 10th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian

Headless Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) east of Teti at Saqqara, c.2422 BCE Menkauhor?, 52.5 m base, rubble mound.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Lepsius I Pyramid

Old Kingdom, 3rd–4th Dynasty transition (~2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian

Unfinished giant mudbrick pyramid at Abu Rawash (Lepsius I), c.2613 BCE?, 17 m stump, 150+ m base.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Athribis — Southern Mound

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.