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Partially excavated places tagged “pyramid texts”

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🇪🇬 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.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Teti

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.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Merenre

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…