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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 hue of its red limestone stones, it is also the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafre at Giza. It is also believed to be Egypt's first successful attempt at ...
The restored pyramidion of the Red Pyramid at Dashur, on display beside the pyramid. A badly damaged white Tura limestone pyramidion, thought to have been made for the Red Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur, has been reconstructed and is on open-air display beside that pyramid; it presents a minor mystery, however, as its angle of inclination is steeper than that of the edifice it was apparently ...
Great Pyramid of Giza. / 29.97917°N 31.13417°E / 29.97917; 31.13417. The Great Pyramid of Giza[ a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC, [ 3] over a period of about 27 years, [ 4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders ...
Granite presented in red, limestone presented in orange. The substructure of the pyramid mimic the basic design adopted by earlier Fifth Dynasty kings. [2] It is accessed by a north–south downwards-sloping corridor whose entrance is located on the north face of the pyramid.
The pyramid's natural limestone core is clearly visible as the yellow stratum at its base. The Pyramid of Senusret II at El Lahun is the southernmost royal-tomb pyramid structure in Egypt. Its builders reduced the amount of work necessary to construct it by using as its foundation and core a 12-meter-high natural limestone hill.
Dashur, Red Pyramid: Dashur Limestone: No 157 ? 100 ? 4 Khufu: Giza, Pyramid G1-d: Giza Limestone No 111.8 70.9 4 Wife of Menkaure: Giza, Pyramid G3-a: Limestone No 112.5 75 5: Sahure: Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure: Known only from inscription Limestone, gold 5 Khentkaus II: Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II: Black granite: 6: Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
The stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the building of tombs and temples and for decorative monuments such as sarcophagi, stelae, and statues. [ 1] These quarries are now recognised archaeological sites. Ancient quarry sites in the Nile valley accounted for much of the limestone and sandstone used as building stone ...
Dahshur[ transliteration 1] (in English often called Dashur; Arabic: دهشور Dahšūr pronounced [dɑhˈʃuːɾ], Coptic: ⲧⲁϩϭⲟⲩⲣ Dahchur[ 1]) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat Dahshur (Arabic: منشأة دهشور) in markaz Badrashin, Giza. [ 2]