🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khuit — Queen of Teti
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
Queens Pyramid G1-b (Eastern Cemetery, Great Pyramid of Khufu)
Old Kingdom, early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle subsidiary queens pyramid east of Khufu (4th Dynasty), base 49 m, height ~30 m, discrete enclosure and offering chapel east.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Wedjebten (Pepi II Complex, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, very late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Westernmost and smallest of Pepi II's three queen pyramids (base 23.5 m, height ~13 m), dedicated to Wedjebten, likely late wife of Pepi II.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Ankhesenpepi II (Pepi I Queens Field, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Major queen pyramid on the 'Avenue of Queens' south of Pepi I at South Saqqara, belonging to Ankhesenpepi II, wife of Pepi I and mother of Pepi II (late 6th Dynasty).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
El-Kula Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 6 km north Hierakonpolis (c.2630 BCE), 18.6 m base, near predynastic capital.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Seila Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Fayum provincial step pyramid on Gebel el-Rus (c.2630 BCE, up to Sneferu), 25 m base, 6.8 m high, four steps.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell el-Yahudiya
MB Second Intermediate (Hyksos) → Late/Ptolemaic Jewish · MB Hyksos → New Kingdom On → Ptolemaic Jewish community (Onias IV)
MB Hyksos rampart fortress with Leontopolis Onias Jewish temple (160 BCE) — type-site for Tell el-Yahudiya incised ware bridging Hyksos and Jewish Egypt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Neith — Queen of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Largest and northernmost of the three queens pyramids surrounding Pepi II at South Saqqara, built for Queen Neith, eldest daughter of Ankhenespepi I and Pepi I, and principal wife of Pepi II.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Djedefre (Abu Rawash)
Old Kingdom, early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Egypt's northernmost royal pyramid, built c.2566–2558 BCE for Djedefre (Radjedef), eldest son of Khufu, on a plateau 8 km north of Giza overlooking Heliopolis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khui
First Intermediate Period (8th Dynasty, ~2160 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
First Intermediate Period provincial pyramid of King Khui at Dara (c.2160 BCE), 146×136 m mudbrick mass.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite Pyramid of Unas
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small subsidiary or cult pyramid located 20 m south-west of Unas pyramid corner within same enclosure, built for the ka of the king as per 5th–6th Dynasty tradition after Djedkare.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Behenu — Queen of Pepi I/Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid north-east of Pepi I enclosure, attributed to Queen Behenu whose pyramid texts were discovered in 2010 re-excavation by French mission.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Inenek-Inti (Pepi I Queens Field, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Easternmost large queen pyramid on Pepi I's queens street, for Inenek-Inti, eldest queen of Pepi I remembered as ritualist (title 'Great of Praises').
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Iput II (Pepi II Complex, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle queen pyramid of Pepi II at South Saqqara, dedicated to Iput II (possibly daughter of Pepi I).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawyet el-Meytin Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost minor step pyramid opposite Hebenu, Minya (c.2630 BCE), 22 m base on limestone spur.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Temple of Edfu
Ptolemaic (237–57 BCE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian (Hellenistic Pharaonic)
Best-preserved temple in Egypt: Ptolemaic Temple of Horus built 237–57 BCE (180 years) after plan of Old Kingdom then New Kingdom prototypes, buried by Nile silt and desert sand until re-excavated by…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Karnak Temple Complex
Middle Kingdom to Ptolemaic (c.2000 BCE–100 CE; major phase New Kingdom 1550–1070 BCE) · Egyptian Pharaonic (Middle Kingdom to Greco-Roman)
Largest temple complex in Egypt – 200 acres built over 1,500 years from Senusret I (1956 BCE) to Romans.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Iput II — Queen of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Central queens pyramid of Pepi II group, built for Queen Iput II (not to be confused with Iput I of Teti), sister of Pepi II or daughter of Pepi I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ankhenespepi III — Queen of Merenre/Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid south of Pepi I complex, built for Ankhenespepi III, daughter of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I and granddaughter of Pepi I/Ankhenespepi I, who married Pepi II.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Wedjebten — Queen of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost queens pyramid of Pepi II, belonging to Queen Wedjebten, likely mother of a late Pepi II prince.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite Pyramid of Teti
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple (Abuseir) – Userkaf & Niuserre
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2494–2345 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian (5th Dynasty solar cult)
Only two excavated sun temples of six built by 5th Dynasty kings, Abu Ghurab's open courts with granite obelisks (36 m) and alabaster altars (5.8 m) manifest Ra cult; Borchardt and...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Aryan (Giza) – Unfinished Pyramid Field
Old Kingdom (3rd–4th Dynasty c. 2700–2560 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Desert pyramid field with two enigmatic pyramids: Layer Pyramid (maybe Khaba) in stepped layers, and Huge unfinished Northern Pyramid with 21 m deep T-shaft (largest known) attribu...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Paraetonium (Marsa Matruh) – Lagoon Fortress
Pharaonic to Byzantine (New Kingdom – 7th c CE; Ptolemaic port 300 BCE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Egypt's western gate on Mediterranean lagoon, Paraetonium began as Ramesses II's western chain fort, then great Ptolemaic lagoon port with Alexander–Cleopatra stopover tradition; l...