🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–4th Dynasty transition (~2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished giant mudbrick pyramid at Abu Rawash (Lepsius I), c.2613 BCE?, 17 m stump, 150+ m base.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–4th Dynasty transition (~2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished giant mudbrick pyramid at Abu Rawash (Lepsius I), c.2613 BCE?, 17 m stump, 150+ m base.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid on Elephantine Island, Aswan (c.2630 BCE), 18.46 m base, frontier marker.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty (Huni horizon) · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost of seven Huni provincial small step pyramids on Elephantine Island: 18.46 m base granite 3-step, 5 m high (originally ~11 m), cenotaph/marker c.2630 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5.5 km SE of Abydos (c.2630 BCE), 12.7 m base, Huni's provincial network.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu (c.2630 BCE), 21.65 m base, part of Huni network.
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Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Enormous unfinished 215 m base mudbrick mass at Abu Rawash — Lepsius I — late 3rd/early 4th Dynasty aborted true pyramid, oriented slightly off cardinal.
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid north of Nubt/Ombos near Naqada (c.2630 BCE), 18.39 m base, near Naqada culture type-site.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty (Huni?, c.2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Enormous denuded mound at Abu Rawash north (Lepsius I), sometimes attributed to ephemeral Huni (?) or early 4th Dynasty.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 6 km north Hierakonpolis (c.2630 BCE), 18.6 m base, near predynastic capital.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Fayum provincial step pyramid on Gebel el-Rus (c.2630 BCE, up to Sneferu), 25 m base, 6.8 m high, four steps.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom, Huni)
Smallest provincial step pyramid (Huni, late 3rd Dynasty, 3-step, 12.55 m base, 4 m high today) near Naga el-Khalifa south of Abydos.
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Old Kingdom Early Dynastic to 3rd–4th Dynasty (2686–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Zawiyet el-Maiyitin (Pyramid of Zawiyat el-Maiytin) is a small 3rd–4th Dynasty provincial step pyramid 15 m square base, 17 m high originally, 3 steps, on eastern desert slope opposite Minya, built…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni / early 4th Dynasty)
Small step pyramid (Huni, c.2630 BCE, 18.46 m base, 3 steps, 5.10 m high today) on rocky crest of Elephantine Island (Yebu) at First Cataract.
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost minor step pyramid opposite Hebenu, Minya (c.2630 BCE), 22 m base on limestone spur.
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Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)
Huni minor step pyramid 18.63 m base, 3 steps, ~8 m high today of limestone with eastern chapel trace, on desert slope 2.5 km west of Hierakonpolis predynastic capital (Nekhen).
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Northernmost Huni small step pyramid at Tell Athribis (Delta): 18 m limestone 3-step, now leveled, 45 km north of Cairo c.2630 BCE — Delta terminus of 800 km network.
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Sinki small step pyramid south of Abydos: 18.2 m base limestone 3-step to 4 m (orig. ~11 m), guarding Abdju necropolis c.2630 BCE.
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Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni)
Huni provincial step pyramid near Ombos (ancient Nubt), 18.39 m base, 3 steps, 4.50 m high today. Limestone blocks with Tafla mortar, without burial chamber, with eastern ramp.
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Edfu South small step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu Temple: 18.3 m limestone 3-step to 5.5 m, Huni series c.2630 BCE overlooking Djeba.
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Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost minor step pyramid of Huni/Sneferu: 3-step limestone pyramid 22.4 m base, only ~5 m high, on east-bank ridge opposite Hermopolis near Zawyet el-Meytin village.
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Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Smallest of seven tiny provincial step pyramids of late 3rd Dynasty (Huni): 4-step limestone pyramid 25 m base, 6.8 m high, without internal chambers, found 1898 with offering table and stela of…