🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Headless Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ~2422 BCE (or First Intermediate 10th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Headless Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) east of Teti at Saqqara, c.2422 BCE Menkauhor?, 52.5 m base, rubble mound.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ~2422 BCE (or First Intermediate 10th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Headless Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) east of Teti at Saqqara, c.2422 BCE Menkauhor?, 52.5 m base, rubble mound.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
5th Dynasty (Menkauhor, c.2420 BCE) or 10th Dynasty (Merikare, c.2050 BCE) — disputed · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom Menkauhor or First Intermediate Merikare)
Ruined 5th or 10th Dynasty pyramid (Lepsius XXIX) 52 m base, now headless mound 7 m high with only limestone foundation and substructure intact.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost major pyramid at Saqqara: 5th Dynasty Djedkare Isesi (c.2414–2375 BCE), 52.5 m high originally, now 24 m ruin with early Pyramid Texts tradition.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c.2400 BCE (Menkauhor or ephemeral king) · Ancient Egyptian
Small pyramid Lepsius XXIX (Headless Pyramid) 200 m northeast of Khendjer complex, Saqqara south: 52 m base, now 20 m headless rubble mound, Tura limestone casing entirely robbed.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Founder's pyramid of 5th Dynasty at Saqqara, 49 m base, 18 m high (originally 49 m), badly ruined rubble mound east of Djoser enclosure.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last king of 5th Dynasty's 43 m high pyramid at Saqqara South, notable for first Pyramid Texts — 283 spells carved in underground alabaster-lined chambers to guide king to afterlife.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First king of 6th Dynasty's badly ruined 52.5 m high pyramid at Saqqara (78.5 m base) with interior Pyramid Texts and basalt sarcophagus.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Oldest large stone structure in Egypt: architect Imhotep's six-step pyramid for Djoser, 3rd Dynasty, evolving from mastaba. Inside complex with Heb-Sed court and serdab.