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    Pyramid G2-a is the name of the satellite pyramid of Khafre located in the Giza pyramid complex. The structure was built south of the main pyramid along...
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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 Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Construction of the Egyptian pyramids
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Khafre
    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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    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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    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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  • (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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    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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    pyramid at Giza. The Egyptian name of the pyramid was Wer(en)-Khafre which means "Khafre is Great". The pyramid has a subsidiary pyramid, labeled G2-a...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Menkaure
    The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Unas
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid Texts
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramidology
    Pyramidology (or pyramidism) refers to various religious or pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, most often the Giza pyramid complex and the...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Dahshur)
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Senusret II
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Ahmose
    The pyramid of Ahmose is a pyramid erected in the reign of the Ancient Egyptian king Ahmose I, ca. 1550-1525 BC, at Abydos in Upper Egypt. It was the last...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Djedefre
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Buried Pyramid
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Senusret III
    The pyramid of Senusret III (Lepsius XLVII) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at Dahshur and built for pharaoh Senusret III of the 12th Dynasty (19th...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Merenre
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Teti
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Sahure
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Senusret I
    The pyramid of Senusret I is an Egyptian pyramid built to be the burial place of the Pharaoh Senusret I. The pyramid was built during the Twelfth Dynasty...
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  • Thumbnail for Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan
    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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi
    The pyramid of Djedkare Isesi (in ancient Egyptian Nfr Ḏd-kꜣ-rꜥ ("Beautiful is Djedkare")) is a late 25th to mid 24th century BC pyramid complex built...
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