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In the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion, Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator deity Atum settled. The Benben stone is associated with the top stone of a pyramid, which is called a pyramid's pyramidion (or benbenet). It is also related to the obelisk.
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 ...
Name of the pyramid of Amenemhat III on a funerary stele, Musée du Louvre. The pyramid was originally about 75 metres tall with a base 105 metres long and an incline of 57°. Typical for pyramids of the Middle Kingdom, the Black Pyramid, although encased in limestone, is made of mud brick and clay instead of stone. The ground-level structures ...
Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure: Known only from inscription Limestone, gold [5] 5 Khentkaus II: Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II: Black granite [4] 6: Merenre Nemtyemsaf I: Saqqara, Pyramid of Merenre: Known only from inscription Black granite [4] 6 Udjebten: Saqqara, Pyramid of Udjebten: Known only from inscription Stone, gold [4] [6] Middle Kingdom ...
The benben is the mound of existence that arose out of the abyss, known as nun in the Egyptian creation myth. The relationship between myr and benben is further linked by the capstone architectural element of pyramids and obelisks, which was named benbenet, the feminine form of benben. [citation needed]
Queen's pyramid of Inenek-Inti: Greywacke sarcopagus Pottery Western pyramid: Granite sarcophagus fragments Wooden weights, ostrich feathers, copper fish hooks, fired-clay vessels Queen's pyramid of Pyramid of Meritites IV: Geywacke sarcophagus fragments Queen's titulary on hallway walls Wooden fragments inscribed with formulas of the pyramid texts
Amenemhat III was the last powerful ruler of the 12th Dynasty, and the pyramid he built at Hawara is believed to post-date the so-called "Black Pyramid" built by the same ruler at Dahshur. This is believed to have been Amenemhat's final resting place. At Hawara there was also the intact (pyramid) tomb of Neferuptah, daughter of Amenemhat III ...
Sometimes Bennu is depicted as perched on a benben stone (representing Ra and the name of the top stone of a pyramid) or in a willow tree (representing Osiris). Because of the connection with Osiris, Bennu sometimes wears the Atef crown, [ 3 ] instead of the solar disk.