🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Iput I — Queen of Teti
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid immediately north of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, built for Queen Iput I, daughter of Unas and wife of Teti, mother of Pepi I.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid immediately north of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, built for Queen Iput I, daughter of Unas and wife of Teti, mother of Pepi I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Pyramid discovered November 2008 by Zahi Hawass south-east of Teti pyramid near the Gisr el-Mudir area after locating the causeway of Bubastis branch.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
5th Dynasty (Menkauhor, c.2420 BCE) or 10th Dynasty (Merikare, c.2050 BCE) — disputed · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom Menkauhor or First Intermediate Merikare)
Ruined 5th or 10th Dynasty pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) 52 m base, now headless mound 7 m high with only limestone foundation and substructure intact.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Adjacent queens pyramid directly north-west of Teti pyramid, built for Queen Khuit (Khuyt), second principal wife of Teti.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost major pyramid at Saqqara: 5th Dynasty Djedkare Isesi (c.2414–2375 BCE), 52.5 m high originally, now 24 m ruin with early Pyramid Texts tradition.
🇪🇬 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, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Oldest large stone structure in Egypt: architect Imhotep's six-step pyramid for Djoser, 3rd Dynasty, evolving from mastaba. Inside complex with Heb-Sed court and serdab.