G3-a (also G3a, G3 c, GIIIa) is one of the three satellite pyramids of the larger Pyramid of Menkaure, located at the Giza pyramid complex. This structure...
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G3-b (also G3b, G3 b, GIIIb) is one of the three satellite pyramids of the larger Pyramid of Menkaure, located at the Giza pyramid complex. Situated south...
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G3-c (also G3c, G3 c, GIIIc) is one of the three satellite pyramids of the larger Pyramid of Menkaure, located at the Giza pyramid complex. This structure...
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with a high degree of detail. South of the pyramid of Menkaure are three smaller pyramids, designated G3-a, G3-b, and G3-c, each accompanied by a temple...
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4th dynasty pyramidia (of the Red Pyramid, Satellite Pyramid of Khufu (G1-d) and Queen's Pyramid of Menkaure (G3-a)) are of white limestone and were not...
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The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and...
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The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza, the second tallest and second largest of the group...
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The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. Named for the rusty reddish...
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King Sneferu. A unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, this was the second of four pyramids built by Sneferu. The Bent Pyramid rises from...
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The pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis...
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Meidum (redirect from Pyramid at Meidun)
archaeological site in Lower Egypt. It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially...
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The construction of the Egyptian pyramids can be explained with well-established scientific facts, however there are some aspects that are even today considered...
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A pyramidion (plural: pyramidia) is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language...
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Index of ancient Egypt–related articles (section A)
(architecture) Pyramid G1-a Pyramid G1-b Pyramid G1-c Pyramid G1-d Pyramid G2-a Pyramid G3-a Pyramid G3-b Pyramid G3-c Pyramid Texts Pyramid inch Pyramid of Ahmose...
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The pyramid of Unas (Egyptian: Nfr swt Wnjs "Beautiful are the places of Unas") is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian...
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remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt. Originally named Amenemhet is Mighty, the pyramid earned the name Black Pyramid for...
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The pyramid of Djedefre is Egypt's northernmost pyramid. Believed to have been built by Djedefre, son and successor to king Khufu, it consists today mostly...
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The Pyramid Texts are the oldest ancient Egyptian funerary texts, dating to the late Old Kingdom. They are the earliest known corpus of ancient Egyptian...
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Pyramidology (redirect from Pyramid conspiracies)
Pyramidology (or pyramidism) refers to various religious or pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, most often the Giza pyramid complex and the...
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The Buried Pyramid (also called the Pyramid of Sekhemkhet) is an unfinished step pyramid constructed c. 2645 BC for Sekhemkhet. He was the second king...
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possibly never in use. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 3 queens pyramids. Vallogia, Michel (University...
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The Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka, Pyramid of Bakare and Pyramid of Bikheris is the term archaeologists...
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Seked (category Ancient Egyptian pyramids)
Egyptian term describing the inclination of the triangular faces of a right pyramid. The system was based on the Egyptians' length measure known as the...
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Pyramidia (singular: pyramidion) are the capstones of ancient Egyptian pyramids. Tips of obelisks, also called pyramidia, were not separate stones and...
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The pyramid of Senusret II (Egyptian: Ḫˁ Sn-wsr-t, lit. 'Senusret shines') at El Lahun is the pyramid complex constructed for the pharaoh Senusret II...
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Layer Pyramid (known locally in Arabic as el haram el midawwar, Arabic: الهرم المدور, meaning 'rubble-hill pyramid') is a ruined step pyramid dating...
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450 metres (1,480 ft) to the south-west of the pyramid of Pepi I and a similar distance to the pyramid of Djedkare. Its ancient name was "Merenre's beauty...
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Egyptian funerary texts List of pharaohs Pyramid Texts Sarcophagus Lauer, Jean-Philippe (1939). La pyramide à degrés 3 Compléments. Lehner 1997, pp. 87–90...
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The pyramid of Teti is a smooth-sided pyramid situated in the pyramid field at Saqqara in Egypt which belonged to Teti, founder of the sixth dynasty of...
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The pyramid of Sahure (Egyptian: Ḫꜥỉ-bꜣ Sꜣḥw-Rꜥ, lit. 'Rising of the ba of Sahure') is a pyramid complex built in the late 26th to 25th century BC for...
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