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This illustration shows the major pyramid and sun temple sites in Egypt.There are over 100 pyramids, large and small, in Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid fo Djoser at Saqqara are the most famous ones. For Elizabeth Peters fans, you can see the location of the Pyramids at Dahshur where "The Mummy Case" is set.

The names of some of the pyramids are:

Pharaoh

Date BC

Ancient Name

Location

Base
Measure

Third Dynasty

 

 

 

 

Djoser

2686-2667

unknown

Saqqara

121m

Sekhemkhet

2648-2640

unknown

Saqqara

none

Khaba

2640-2637

unknown

Zawyiet el-Aryan

84m

Huni

2637-2613

"The Stable Pyramid" (Sneferu?)

Meidum

144m

Fourth Dynasty

 

 

 

 

Sneferu

2613-2589

"The Stable Pyramid"

Meidum

144m

Sneferu

2613-2589

"Sneferu is Shining" (Bent)

Dashur

189m

Sneferu

2613-2589

"Sneferu is Shining in the South"
(Red)

Dashur

220m

Khufu

2589-2566

"Khufu belong to the Horizon"

Giza

230m

Djedfra

2566-2588

"Djedfra's Starry Sky"

Abu
Rawash

106m

Khafre

2558-2532

"Khafre is Great"

Giza

215m

Menkaure

2532-2503

Menkaure is Devine"

Giza

104m

Fifth Dynasty

 

 

 

 

Userkaf

2494-2487

"Userkaf is Purest of Sites"

Saqqara

73m

Shaura

2487-2475

"Sahure's Ba is Resplendent"

Abusir

78.5m

Neferirkare

2475-2453

Neferirkare has become a Ba"

Abusir

105m

Shepseskara
(Neferefre
or Raneferef)

2455-2448

unknown

Abusir

65m

Nuiserre

2445-2421

Places of Nuiserre are Enduring"

Abusir

81m

Menkauhor

2421-2414

Divine are the place of Menkauhor"

N. Saqqara

none

Djedkara-Isesi

2414-2375

"Beautiful is Djedkare"

S. Saqqara

none

Unas

2375-2345

"Unas is the Most Perfect of Sites"

Saqqara

57m

Sxith Dynasty

 

 

 

 

Teti

2345-2323

"Teti's is Most Durable of Sites"

Saqqara

52m

Pepi I

2321-2287

"Pepy is Established and Beautiful"

Saqqara

78m

Merenra

2287-2278

Merenre shines with Beauty"

Saqqaram

78m

Pepi II

2278-2184

"Pepi is Most Stable in Life"

Saqqara

78m

This table was developed using the following refrences:

Egypt, byVivian Davis and Renee Friedman, British Museum Press. 1998.
Guide to the Pyramids of Egypt, Alberto Silotti, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, 1997.
The Pyramids, by Miloslav Verner, Grove Press, 2001.

Related Pages:

The Pyramids of Giza | The Pyramid Complex and Sphinx | The Pharaohs Who Built Them | Where are the Pyramids | Composition of Blocks | How Blocks were Lifted | Virtual Tour Inside The Great Pyramid | Solarboat Museum | Tourist Attractions | Perfume Oils- From Pharaoh to France | The Sphinx | The Red and Bent Pyramids at Abusir | Names of the Pyramids | The Sun Temple of Niuserre and Other Fifth Dynasty Pharaohs | Saqqara Pyramids | Pyramid Index | New Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza

Related Books:

The Orion Mystery | The Complete Pyramids| Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramid | When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art in the Old Kingdom | The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments | The Message of the Sphinx | Pyramids by Tyldesley | The Pyramids of Egypt: Pocket Guide

 

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