🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2645 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished layer pyramid of Khaba at Zawiyet el-Aryan (c.2645 BCE), 84 m base, accretion-layer technique.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan
Early 4th Dynasty (Baka, son of Djedefre, c.2565 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (4th Dynasty, Baka)
Huge unfinished pyramid of Baka (son of Djedefre, 4th Dynasty short reign c.2565 BCE) 200 m base planned (largest ever after Khufu), with enormous T-shaped trench shaft 21 m deep ×12 m square base,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan — Khaba
late 3rd Dynasty, c.2650 BCE (Khaba) · Ancient Egyptian (Khaba)
Unfinished layer pyramid Z1 at Zawiyet el-Aryan between Giza and Abu Rawash: 84 m base, 5–7 layers intended, now 20 m high rubble mound of limestone with pink granite foundation.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan
Late 3rd Dynasty (Khaba, c.2650 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (3rd Dynasty, Khaba)
Unfinished stepped Layer Pyramid (Lepsius XIV) attributed to Khaba (3rd Dynasty) or Huni(?), 84 m base, ~20 m high ruin today (intended 42–45 m).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Unfinished Northern Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan — Baka
4th Dynasty, c.2520 BCE (Baka / Bikheris) · Ancient Egyptian (Baka)
Unfinished pyramid Z2 at northern Zawiyet el-Aryan: enormous square foundation trench 110 m base, oval shaft 15 m deep and 20×25 m, intended pyramid never raised beyond foundation.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished late-3rd Dynasty layer pyramid (Z1) of King Khaba, 84 m square base with 14 inclined limestone layers forming steep stepped core, intended 42–45 m high but left as stump 20 m high with…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khaba (Layer Pyramid) — Zawiyet el-Aryan
Old Kingdom, late 3rd Dynasty, c.2640 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Layer Pyramid (c.2640 BCE) at Zawiyet el-Aryan attributed to Khaba (3rd Dynasty terminus). 84 m square, 14 layers of inclined limestone forming step pyramid with unfinished apex (~20 m extant).