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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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    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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    Situated south of the main pyramid between satellites G3-a and G3-c, this structure contained the body of a woman. The pyramid was built during the Fourth...
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    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 and substructure...
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    Anedjib, may the predate the Pyramid of Djoser built c. 2630–2610 BCE during the Third Dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex are generally considered...
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    during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC, over a period of about 26 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient...
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    the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top. It is the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled c. 2558−2532...
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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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  • 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 Amenemhat III (Dahshur)
    The Black Pyramid (Egyptian Arabic: الهرم الأسود‎, romanized: al-Haram al-ʾAswad) was built by King Amenemhat III (r. c. 1860 BC-c. 1814 BC) during the...
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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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    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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    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 Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Cairo, built under...
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    oldest of the texts have been dated to c. 2400–2300 BCE. Unlike the later Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead, the Pyramid Texts were reserved only for the pharaoh...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Djoser
    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 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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    Hawara (category Pyramids of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt)
    Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty in the 19th century B.C. Amenemhat III was the last powerful...
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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 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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  • 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 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 Pepi II
    The pyramid of Pepi II was the tomb of King Pepi II, located in southern Saqqara, to the northwest of the Mastabat al-Fir’aun. It was the final full pyramid...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Egyptian pyramids
    statistics of the pyramids listed in chronological order, when available. Egyptian pyramids Great Sphinx of Giza Lepsius list of pyramids List of Egyptian...
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  • List of finds in the substructures or interiors of Egyptian pyramids that have been explored and still contained notable findings in modern times. An absence...
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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 Neferefre
    The pyramid of Neferefre, also known as the pyramid of Raneferef, (in ancient Egyptian: Nṯrỉ bꜣw Nfr-f-Rꜥ ("Divine is Neferefre's power")) is a 25th century...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Userkaf
    The pyramid complex of Userkaf was built c. 2490 BC for the king Userkaf, founder of the 5th Dynasty of Egypt (c. 2494–2345 BC). It is located in the pyramid...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid of Khendjer
    The pyramid of Khendjer was a pyramid built for the burial of the 13th dynasty pharaoh Khendjer, who ruled Egypt c. 1760 BC during the Second Intermediate...
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