side
of base:
73.3 m
height: 49 m slope of walls: 53o
Pyramid
complex of
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Weserkaf is located in northern Saqqara,
east-north of Djoser’s complex and is modeled on buildings of dynasty
III in terms of its location along north-south axe. Length of pyramid’s
side 72,3m, angle of slope 53° and primary height 49m, cased with
limestone of Tura had been renovated by Khaemwese in times of Ramesses
II; recently it is relatively damaged due to careless performance of its
core and robbery of stones. From entrance in northern wall descends a
corridor 18,5m long and enters straightway an antechamber and funerary
chamber. The funerary chamber of dimensions 7,87 x 3,13 m , covered with
limestone of Tura includes basalt sarcophagus.More...>>>
side of base:
20.2 m slope of walls: 53o
height: 15 m
The
cult pyramid stood not in front of the southest corner of the Weserkaf's
pyramid, but rather in front of its southwest corner, though only the
two lowest levels of its core remain. The underground chamber was
accessible from the north.
side of base:
26.15 m slope of walls: 52o present height:
17 m
The
queen's small pyramid complex was structurally separate from the king's
complex. It lay to the south and consisted of a small pyramid and a
mortuary temple inside the own perimeter wall. The pyramid originally
had a three-level core, and its mantle consisted of blocks of fine white
limestone. The underground portion contains an antechamber and a burial
chamber. Both of these had almost the same dimensions
and the same gabled roof of rough limestone blocks. Unfortunately, it
has not been possible to find among the fragments from either the
queen's or the king's pyramid complexes any direct proof of the name of
Weserkaf's consort. On the basis of an indirect clue found in an
inscription from the nearby tomb of the priest Persen, the name
Nepherhetepes has been given her.
side of base:
78.5 m slope of walls: 50o 30'
height: 48 m burial chamber: 12.6 x 3.15 m
The
pyramid stands on a small hill at the
edge of the desert, about twenty meters above the Nile Valley. The
core, which presumably consists of horizontal layers of rough, less
valuable limestone blocks, oryginally had six layers. In contrast, the
casing was made of large blocks of fine white limestone from the
quarries near modern village Maasara on the opposite bank of the Nile.
In measuring the pyramid, the architects made a noteworthy error: the
southeast corner is off by about 1.58 meters to the east with respect to
the northeast corner, and therefore the ground plan is not entirely
square. The entrance into the substructure is on the north wall, just
above ground level. The relatively short descending corridor, made of
limestone, comes out in a small vestibule, immediately behind which is a
portcullis of pink granite. Then the corridor begins to climb slightly,
until shortly before the entrance into the antechamber it finally becoms
horizontal. The antechamber is directly on the pyramid's vertical axis.
In the ruins Perring found stone fragments, perhaps remains of the
king's basalt sarcophagus. The mortuary temple stands in front of the
pyramid's east side and made of two layers of rough limestone blocks.
side of base:
15.7 m slope of walls: 56o
height:
11.6
m
This
pyramid had its own enclosure and a two-stepped core. Into its only
chamber, which is oriented east-west and slightly below ground level,
leads a bent corridor that initially descends slightly and then climbs
again. Inside the pyramid nothing was found; stone thieves had severely
damaged it. The photo shows visible corners of the pyramid.
first phase: side of base:
c.72 m slope of step walls: 73o...76o
height: 52 m
second phase: side of base:
c.104 m slope of walls: 54o 30'
height: 72 m
Neferirkare's
pyramid was a largest structure at necropolis of Abusir
and built on the highest site, 330 meters above the Nile Valley. Today,
it looks like a mound of rubble, striking only because of the prominent,
stepped structure of its core. The pyramid was built in several stages
but was never completed. The corridor leading to the burial chamber,
which is approximately in the middle of the north wall, about two meters
above ground level, was reinforced at the begenning and the end by a
granite casing. The initially descending part of the corridor ended
about 2.5 meters below the level of the pyramid's base, in a small
vestibule behind which the main granite barrier. The remining, longer
part of the corridor took two turns and headed generally east, finally
coming out in the middle of the antechamber. Over the flat roof was an
additional gable roof, overwhich there was also a layer of reeds. This
method of construction has not been found in any other Old Kingdom
pyramid. The antechamber and burial chamber were oriented east-west and
were of the same width. The antechamber was somewhat shorter than the
burial chamber.
side of base:
c.25 m slope of walls: 52o oryginally height: 72 m present height of ruins:
c.4 m
This
small pyramid complex probably belonging to Neferirkare's consort and
stood on the south side of Neferirkare's pyramid in Abusir. . The
pyramid was built in a simple and economical manner of limestone. The
three level core is composed of small pieces of stonebound with clay mortar. For the casing, easily carried blocks of
high quality white limestone were used. The underground of the pyramid
is very simple. From the entrance close to ground level in the middle of
the north wall, a corridor initially leads downward and then becomes
horizontal, turningslightly toward the east. Shortly before it comes out in the burial
chamber, there is simple granite barrier.Both
the burial chamber and the corridor were built with small blocks of fine
white limestone. Only the burial chamber flat ceiling was made of large
blocks of limestone.In the ruins were found a fragment of a pink granite sarcophagus,
strips of mummy wrappings, and shards of stone vessels from the queen's
burial equipment. The mortuary temple in front of the east wall of the
queen pyramid was not built until after Neferirkare's pyramid complex
was completed. Inscriptions discovered in the temple confirm the
attribution of this complex to Khentkawes II. Bottom - reconstruction of the ground plan Khentkawes II's
complex (after Jánosi)
This
small cult pyramid stood near the southeast corner of Khentkawes II's
Pyramid. The enclosure wall of the cult pyramid was
built of mud brick in two successive building stages. Within the
north-west corner of this enclosure only a small portion of the cult
pyramid remained in situ. The extant portion revealed that the
cult pyramid had been built from roughly-dressed pieces of limestone
which apparently must have come from the partially dismantled limestone
enclosure wall. The stones had been heaped into a pyramidal form but,
surprisingly, the face of the blocks had not been smoothed. More
surprising still, the cult pyramid - in contrast to others of this type
- has no substructure at all. To assume that a small corridor or chamber
might have existed within the superstructure of the cult pyramid,
however, would be sheer speculation.
This
pyramid lies on the northern edge of the necropolis, halfway between
Sahure's pyramid and Weserkaf's sun temple. The dimensions of the
surface allow us to hypothesize that the planned pyramid was to be
the largest in Abusir except for that of Neferirkare.
side of base of originally planned
pyramid:
c.78 m
side of base (of core rebuilt as a "mastaba"):
65.5 m
slope of walls: 64o 30' slope of completed step: 78o
height:
7 m
The
lowest level of the core of Neferefre's pyramid , which has been damaged
by erosion and half covered with sand, was until recently considered by
archeologists to be the greatest riddle of the
necropolis in Abusir. Pyramid was build
not on rock subsoil, but rather on foundation made of two layers of
enormous limestone blocks, which were set in place after the ground was
prepared and a pit was dug for the burial chamber and the descending
corridor. In the middle of the pyramid's north side, close to ground
level, a descending corridor opens into the ruler's underground funerary
apartment. In the middle of the corridor was a massive barrier of pink
granite. The antechamber and burial chamber lying west of it are
oriented precisely east-west. Both rooms were provided with a gabled
ceiling and were built of fine white limestone. In remains discovered
pieces of a pink granite sarcophagus, fragments of four alabaster
canopic jars in which the entrails were originally buried, alabaster
containers for models of offerings, and most valuable of all - parts of
the ruler's mummy. A preliminary anatomical investigation of these
fragments of the mummy has shown that they probably belonged to a man
about 20 to 23 years old when he died.
side
of base:
c.78.5 m
slope of walls: 51o 50'
height: c.50 m
length of causeway: 368 m
The
pyramid's core consists of seven steps. The stone
for its construction probably came from limestone quarries west of the
village of
Abusir. The pit for the burial chamber,
antechamber and access corridor was dug out, not through a tunnel, but
rather from above. Its location slightly under ground level and under
the pyramid's foundation was closely connected with the method of
ceiling construction then dominant. The saddle ceiling of the chamber
and antechamber were built of three superimposed layers of huge
limestone blocks. Between the layers of ceiling blocks there was a layer
of limestone fragments that bore on the ceiling. The entrance was at
ground level, precisely in the middle of the north side. The corridor
leading to the burial chamber was lined with fine white limestone and
reinforced with pink granite at both ends. About in the middle of the
corridor there was a granite barrier with two plugging blocks. The
antechamber and the burial chamber lay directly underneath the
foundation, on the pyramid's vertical axis.
The
ruins of his small pyramid's complex stand on the southern edge of the
pyramid field in Abusir, about fifty meters south of Khentkawes II's
pyramid. This completely destroyed complex consisted of a pyramid, a
mortuary temple, and a small cult pyramid. In the ruins of the burial
chamber, amid the remains of the pink granite sarcophagus and bits of
rubble from the pyramid core, and fragments of the burial equipment, the
damaged mummy (49/J/94) of a woman
21-23 years old was found. The archeological
circumstances indicate that it may be the mummy of the pyramid's
processor. However, her name was not found anywhere in the ruins. Since
there can be no doubt that the tomb dates from Neweserre's time, she was
probably either his consort or his brother - Neferefre's.
The
object to which the Lepsius expedition gave the number 25 was a double
mastaba probably belonging to the two princesses,
presumably the daughters of pharaoh Niuserre and the queen buried in a
tomb located slightly north-west (pyramid "Lepsius No.24"). So far, the
names of princesses buried in these mastabas have not been found.
Excavation works in this area have been conducted by the
Czech archaeological expedition for years.
The entrances to the substructure lay in the middle of the northern side
of the building and entrance to the chapel is on the
east side. The descending corridors lead to the burial chambers.
The chamber of eastern tomb was ca 4.50 m long and its maximum width,
including the niche, was 2.70 m. During the
excavations
of the substructure archeologists found remains of the burial equipment
- fragments of canopic jars of limestone, model bowls of travertine and
copper, a model vase of basalt, a model chisel of copper and shards of
pottery (beer jugs, plates, bowls).
In the chapel
The
completely destroyed pyramid in North Saqqara, which lies on the
farthest edge of the desert plateau east of Teti's mortuary
temple, is sometimes attributed to Menkauhor. Local people named its
"Hedless Pyramid". In the rubble of the pit for the burial chamber
Maspero found fragments of pink granite and even a sarcophagus lid
of bluish gray stone.
Philippe Lauer and Jean Leclant decided that the pyramid was built
in the Vth Dynasty and may have belonged to Menkauhor, Maragioglio and
Rinaldi arrived at similar conclusions. This opinion is
not shared by another authority in the matter of pyramid examinations -
Mark
Lehner, who ascribed that ruines to king
Merikare (WAD-swt-mry-kA-ra)
from dynasty X. In
Lepsius
catalog the pyramid is marked with No. 29.
In
opinion of Jocelyn Berlandini possessor of this pyramid, which is No.50
in
Lepsius's numbering, was Menkauhor. Remains of this
pyramid lie northeast of the Red Pyramid of Snefru.
side of base:
78.75 m
slope of walls: 52o
height: 52.5 m
length of causeway: c.220 m
Funerary
complex of the pharaoh Djedkare Isesi was erected in South Saqqara by
Senedjemib, the overseer of works. In northern side of the pyramid there
is entrance with chapel,
where a descending passage equipped with a special chamber and a device
with falling down
stones leads to antechamber and burial chamber with two-side
slopped roof made of limestone blocks and at east side connected to
niche-like antechamber. Botch chambers and basalt sarcophagus had been
largely destroyed, however reminders of the king’s mummy were found.
East of the pyramid there is a mortuary temple, once finely decorated,
to north and south part of which are associated four courtyards.
East-north is located funerary complex, rather incorrectly ascribed to
one of queens.
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side of base:
c.15.5 m
slope of walls: 65o
height: c.16 m
The
cult pyramid in front of the southeast corner of the king's pyramid did
not surpass the standards of the time. It had a three-stepped core, and
the single subterranean chamber, which was oriented east-west and lay
just under ground level, was reached by a descending corridor that began
in the middle of the pyramid's north wall. It was surrounded by a small
perimeter wall. On the left - remains of pyramid and and
mortuary temple.
side of base:
c.41 m
slope of walls: 62o
height: c.21 m
This
pyramid complex lies at the northeast corner of the wall surrounding
Djedkare's pyramid. It has neither a valley temple nor a causeway and
consists only of a pyramid, a mortuary temple, and its own perimeter
wall. Because of its location and especially its structural
incorporation into Djedkare's complex, it is highly likely that it
belonged to the royal consort. However, her name was not found on the
fragments of reliefs discovered at this pyramid. Queen Meresankh IV, the
mother of prince Reemka, has a tomb in Saqqara (D5), north of the Step
Pyramid... Did this pyramid belong to another of Djedkare's consorts?
The pyramid originally had a three-stepped core. In its ruins, there now
yawns a crater, into which deeper trench leads from the north.
Bottom - ground plan (after Jánosi)
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Cult Pyramid
by Pyramid of "Unknown Queen" South Saqqara
side of base:
c.4 m
This
small cult pyramid stood at the southeast corner of the queen's pyramid.
side of base:
57.75 m
slope of walls: 56o
height: 43 m burial chamber: 7.3 x 3.08 m lenght of causeway: 750 m
Pyramid
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places of Unas
is the smallest one of those built in times of Old Kingdom. Its eastern
part is located over tomb of Hotepsekhemwi. The core
consisted of six layers, built of rough blocks of local limestone that
became gradually smaller as they neared the top of the pyramid. The
casing was made, as usual, of carefully dressed blocks of fine white
limestone.
From the middle of northern wall descends 14,4 m long causeway leading to
connecting chamber, next running 14,1 m horizontally (with three
traps) and finally ending in antechamber (3,8 m x 3,1 m). From the last,
in eastern direction one can get to magazine while in western direction
– to funerary chamber (3,1 m x 7,3 m) with basalt sarcophagus and
alabaster casing. Its two-side sloped roof is decorated with stars.
Pyramid of Unis was the first pyramid possessing walls covered with
Pyramids Texts, the oldest sacred book in the history. More...>>>
side of base:
78.5 m
slope of walls: 53o 13'
height: 52.5 m
perimeter wall: 105 x 127.57 m
The
pyramid's core had five levels, and the underground part looked very
much like those of Djedkare's and Unas's pyramids. The entrance into the
subterranean part of the pyramid was under the north chapel,in the pavement of the courtyardat the foot of the
pyramid's north wall. Both ends of the corridor were sheated with pink
granite plugging blocks in the middle of the horizontal part. The
antechamber and the burial chamber adjoining it on the west also had
gabled ceilings made of three layers of huge limestone blocks. On the
west wall of the burial chamber stood the sarcophagus, which was long
ago plundered. The walls of the antechamber and burial chamber are
ornamented with pyramid texts, and the ceiling once again imitates a
starry sky, though here the stars are all oriented toward to east. The
serdab which is located east of antechamber, as it is in Unas's pyramid,
has three deep niches and is undecorated. The open courtyard around the
pyramid is surrounded by a limestone perimeter wall. In the northwest
part of the courtyard, were discovered a square shaft about 40 meters
deep. A peculiarity of Teti's mortuary temple connected with the
causeway's bend to the southeast is a small courtyard along the south
part of the east facade. The open courtyard was surrounded by eighteen
pink granite pillars; all but the corner pillars were square. On
the courtyard side, they bore the king's name and titles in deep relief.
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side of base:
15.7 m
slope of walls: 63o
height:
15.7 m
The
cult pyramid, enclosed by its own perimeter wall, stands near the
southeast corner of the pyramid, as was usual at this time. In the
pavement of the surrounding courtyard, there were quartzite basins for
libations. The valley temple has not yet been excavated. More ...>>>
The
pyramid substructure consists of a burial chamber situated on the
vertical axis of the monument. East of the burial chamber is a storage
room. The substructure was entered through a descending corridor
beggining in the floor of the courtyard, in front of the middle of the
north side of the pyramid. The mortuary temple is in front of the
pyramid's east wall.
side
of base:
c.21 m
slope of walls: 63o
height: c.21 m present height:
7 m
The
pyramid had a three-stepped core. In front of its north side stood
a small north chapel; however it was not located, as was usual, over
the entrance to the underground chambers. Instead of a corridor
descending into the underground part of the pyramid, as was customary, a
vertical shaft began at the level of the second layer of the core. From
this archeologists conclude that the tomb was probably originally
conceived as a mastaba and was transformed into a pyramid only after
Pepi I became king. In the burial chamber were found a limestone
sarcophagus, fragments of a cedar coffin, and the remains of the bones
of a middle-aged woman. The mortuary temple on the east side of the
pyramid has a somewhat atypical ground plan.
side of base: 78.75 m
slope of walls: 53o 07' 48''
height: 52.5 m present height of ruins: 12 m
The
pyramid survived to our times badly damaged due to stone robbery. Of
funerary equipment only coffin and case for canopies with three jars
were found. Also
left sandal of reddish wood, a piece of linen and a small flint
knife.
Pyramid Texts at those times were already well fixed as tomb decoration,
not only on the walls of the burial chamber and antechamber, but even in
the access corridor.The
six-stepped pyramid core was constructed by using small pieces of
limestone bound with clay mortar. The casing of fine white limestone is
intact only at the lowest levels. Next to the pyramid's north wall, over
the entrance to the corridor leading to the burial chamber, stood a
north chapel, though nothing of it remains.. The limestone corridor had
descending and a horizontal part. The pink granite was used to reinforce
the corridor at three places and to make the barrier of three
porticullis slabs located approximately in the middle of the
horizontal part of the corridor. The antechamber was located on the
pyramid's vertical axis. East of it was the serdab with three niches,
and west of it the burial chamber. The antechamber and burial chamber
had gabled ceilings made of enormous limestone monoliths. The ceiling
consists of three layers of blocks. The sarcophagus stood on the west
wall of the burial chamber.
Name of the pyramid Mennefer-Pepi
became later name of a city built around the temple of Ptah and
transferred into Greek form: Memphis. More...>>>
The remains of pyramid were discovered in
2007 by French expedition, head by Philippe Collombert. The burial
chamber was badly destroyed except two of
the inner walls on which are engraved pyramid texts. In the burial
chamber were founded queen's granite sarcophagus, which is engraved with
the queen's titles but tells nothing of the identity of her husband,
which he could was Pepi II or, more likely, Pepi I. The news of
the discovery of her burial chamber and pyramid texts was made public in
March 2010.
The cult pyramid (bottom left) in complex of Behenu stood near southeast
corner of main queen's pyramid. More...>>>
Nebwenet's
pcomplex, which included a pyramid and a small mortuary temple, is now
largely destroyed. The pyramid was built of limestone. The entrance to
the corridor leading into the burial chamber was in the pavement of the
courtyard in front of the north side of the pyramid, under the north
chapel. The chapel was built od mudbricks, and in its ruins a fragments
of a limestone altar was found. The corridor had a descending and a
horizontal part. In front of the entrance to the burial chamber there
was a simple barrier of pink granite. The burial chamber was oriented
east-west, and it had a flat ceiling. Only fragments of the pink granite
sarcophagus have been found. In the serdab, the small room east of the
burial chamber, archeologists discovered wooden fragments of the burial
equipment. More...>>>
The
complex of queen Inenek-Inti lies on the west from pyramid of queen
Nebwenet. It has its perimeter wall. Inside the pyramid's substructure,
only the location of the burial chamber on the pyramid's vertical axis
represents a basic difference from the arragement of Nebwenet's pyramid.
The small cult pyramid (below right) there was at southeast corner of queen's pyramid.
More...>>>
The
Pyramid was the tomb of the ancient Egyptian official Reherishefnakht.
This pyramid was probably built at the end of the XI or the beginning of
the XII Dynasty. It is the oldest Egyptian pyramid built for a person
who was not a member of the royal family. The pyramid was discovered a
few years before it was first excavated by Audran Labrousse and the
Mission Archéologique Française de Saqqara in 2005. The building
material was mainly limestone rubble, which had originally been used in
other nearby buildings. Among this material some older offering tables,
stele, chapel doorposts and lintels were found. From the north, a shaft
led down to the burial chamber. Its ceiling consisted of plates, located
at the same height as the base of the pyramid. The decoration of the
burial chamber is a synthesis of motifs from the VI and the XI/XII
dynasties. The upper parts of the west and south walls is decorated with
a frieze which depicts the burial of Reherishefnakht. The lower parts of
the same walls and the whole of the east wall are inscribed with
hieroglyphs. The western portion of the inscription consists of spells
214-217 of the Pyramid Texts, while the eastern part contains spell 335
of the Coffin Texts.
side of base:20.96 m
height: c.21 m height of ruins: c.3 m
Original
dimensions of this pyramid, (former name -
Southwestern) did not differ of Nebwenet's pyramid, but the
its substructure differed substantially from hers. The serdab was
located not east but south of the burial chamber, which lay on the
pyramid's vertical axis. In it were found two rolls of linen, a gilded
wooden sandal, and copper utensils. In the burial chamber were
discovered fragments of a pink granite sarcophagus. The mortuary temple
was built in haste.More...>>>
The
pyramid stood on the north of "West Pyramid"
Prince Hornetjerikhet was son of Pepi I and one of his wives, named
Mehaa, who, maybe, also was buried in the pyramid.
More...>>>
The
tomb of Ankhesenpepi II stood south of Ankhesenpepi III's
pyramid, her sister. In the burial chamber lies an enormous, carefully
dressed basalt sarcophagus. But the most exciting discovery was the
pyramid texts inscribed on the walls of the chamber.More...>>>
Quite
recently, Ankhesenpepi III's pyramid was found near the southwest corner
of the king's Pepi I pyramid. In the badly damaged burial chamber, the
chest of the queen's sarcophagus cut from a huge sandstone block is
embedded in the floor. The sarcophagus's lid is formed by en enormous,
roughly dressed pink granite monolith.
The small cult pyramid (on photo) there was at southeast corner of queen's pyramid.
More...>>>
side of base:
78.75 m
height: 52.5 m
slope: 53o 07' 48''
Pyramid
complex of Nemtiemsaf in Southern
Saqqara,
located south-west from Pepi I complex, has not been finished and it is
much damaged due to stone robbery. Localization and decoration with
Texts of Pyramids is patterned on pyramid of Pepi I. On the eastern side
of the pyramid there is a funerary temple and on the northern – chapel.
In 1880 in the
burial
chamber
Maspero
found basalt sarcophagus with mummy of young man,
whose hair was combed into a side curl such as those worn by children in
ancient Egypt. E.Smith, an expert on Egyptian mummies, assigned it to
the XVIIIth Dynasty. Later on, a few Egyptologists suggested that it was
Merenre's mummy after all.More...>>>
side of base:
78.75 m slope: 53o 07' 48" height: 52.5 antechamber: 3.69 m x 3.15 m burial chamber: 7.9 x 3.15 m length of corridor chamber: 16 m length of corridor: 23 m length of causeway: c.400 m
Funerary
complex of Pepi II resembles in its construction and decorations those
of Teti, Unis and Sahure. The
pyramid core was built of small pieces of limestone bound with clay
mortar. For the casing white limestone was used.
The internal construction was accessible through entrance from northern
chapel and was composed of ascending passage 16 m long, antechamber,
chamber with coffin and magazine. In the
vestibule, at the point of transition between the descending and
horizontal parts of the corridor, many fragments of alabaster and
diorite vessels were found, also golden blade of small knife.
Immediately behind the vestibule was a granite barrier with three
massive portcullis slabs. The serdab had no niches and consisted of a
single room. Stars shone from the gabled ceiling of the antechamber and
the burial chamber.
Apart from Pyramid Texts fixed there also reminders of funerary
equipment: granite sarcophagus and cover of canopic case, were found. The
causeway about 400 m length connecting the valley temple with the
mortuary temple takes two turns and angles to the northeast. More...>>>
This
small cult pyramid was at the southeast corner of the main pyramid, and
in its original form did not essentially differ from earlier structures
of the same kind in the complexes of the Vth and VIth
Dynasties. More...>>>
side of base:c.23.5 m
slope of walls: 61o
height: c.21.5 m
This
is the oldest of the three queen's pyramids in the complex and stood at
the northwest corner of king's pyramid. It included a small cult pyramid
and a mortuary temple, both of which were surrounded by perimeter
wall. Pyramid core consisted of three steps, which were built of the
same materials and in the same way as the king's pyramid. The entrance
opened in the pavement of the courtyard, in front of the middle of the
pyramid's north wall . Behind the barrier of pink granite at the end of
the descending corridor was an entrance barrier in front of the burial
chamber, which was located on the pyramid vertical axis. Its flat
ceiling was decorated with stars, and, and there were pyramid texts on
three of its side walls. East of the chamber was a small
serdab.
Pyramid
stood near southeast corner of queen's pyramid. In the area between
pyramids
Jequier discovered sixteen wooden models of ships lying in a shallow
pit. It was very unique discovery.
Pyramid
is now completly destroyed. The sarcophagus was presumably made of pink
granite. In the westernmost storeroom of temple,
Jequier discovered the granite sarcophagus of queen Ankhesenpepi IV.
On the sarcophagus bazalt cover was remains of sensational inscription
resembles the famous Palermo Stone, contains part of the royal annals of
the VIth Dynasty, with much new and interesting information.
This
complex of Pepi II's third consort lies at the southeast corner of the
king's pyramid. It included a small mortuary temple, and a small cult
pyramid. The pyramid was discovered by
Jequier in such a devastated condition that even the core structure
was barely discernible. He was able to find only a small casing block on
which the pyramidion rested. The walls of the burial chamber and,
perhaps also of the corridor were covered with pyramid texts.Very simple
decorated temple was on the west side of the pyramid.
This
small cult pyramid stood near the southeast corner of Khentkawes II's
Pyramid. The enclosure wall of the cult pyramid was
built of mud brick in two successive building stages. Within the
north-west corner of this enclosure only a small portion of the cult
pyramid remained in situ. The extant portion revealed that the
cult pyramid had been built from roughly-dressed pieces of limestone
which apparently must have come from the partially dismantled limestone
enclosure wall. The stones had been heaped into a pyramidal form but,
surprisingly, the face of the blocks had not been smoothed. More
surprising still, the cult pyramid - in contrast to others of this type
- has no substructure at all. To assume that a small corridor or chamber
might have existed within the superstructure of the cult pyramid,
however, would be sheer speculation.
The
object to which the Lepsius expedition gave the number 25 was a double
mastaba probably belonging to the two princesses,
presumably the daughters of pharaoh Niuserre and the queen buried in a
tomb located slightly north-west (pyramid "Lepsius No.24"). So far, the
names of princesses buried in these mastabas have not been found.
Excavation works in this area have been conducted by the
Czech archaeological expedition for years. 
In
opinion of Jocelyn Berlandini possessor of this pyramid, which is No.50
in
Lepsius's numbering, was Menkauhor. Remains of this
pyramid lie northeast of the Red Pyramid of Snefru.
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The
Pyramid was the tomb of the ancient Egyptian official Reherishefnakht.
This pyramid was probably built at the end of the XI or the beginning of
the XII Dynasty. It is the oldest Egyptian pyramid built for a person
who was not a member of the royal family. The pyramid was discovered a
few years before it was first excavated by Audran Labrousse and the
Mission Archéologique Française de Saqqara in 2005. The building
material was mainly limestone rubble, which had originally been used in
other nearby buildings. Among this material some older offering tables,
stele, chapel doorposts and lintels were found. From the north, a shaft
led down to the burial chamber. Its ceiling consisted of plates, located
at the same height as the base of the pyramid. The decoration of the
burial chamber is a synthesis of motifs from the VI and the XI/XII
dynasties. The upper parts of the west and south walls is decorated with
a frieze which depicts the burial of Reherishefnakht. The lower parts of
the same walls and the whole of the east wall are inscribed with
hieroglyphs. The western portion of the inscription consists of spells
214-217 of the Pyramid Texts, while the eastern part contains spell 335
of the Coffin Texts. 
The
pyramid of this Pepi I's consort lies south
"West Pyramid'.
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The
pyramid stood on the north of "West Pyramid"
Prince Hornetjerikhet was son of Pepi I and one of his wives, named
Mehaa, who, maybe, also was buried in the pyramid.
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Pyramid
stood, like usually, at the southeast corner of the queen pyramid.