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Partially excavated places tagged “fayum” in Egypt · Mysteria

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Partially excavated places tagged “fayum” in Egypt

4 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Seila 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.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Hawara

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian

Second pyramid of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) at Hawara, 58 m high 105 m base, brick core with limestone casing now stripped, near Fayum depression.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of El-Lahun (Senwosret II)

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian

Mudbrick pyramid of Senwosret II at El-Lahun, gateway to Fayum, 48 m high 106 m base (angle 42°35'), innovative limestone framework walls radiating from rock core filled with mudbrick.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex

Qasr el-Sagha (Zarew) Temple

Middle Kingdom (1990–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (12th Dynasty)

Unfinished Sobek temple with 7 shrines on Lake Qarun shore.