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15 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th–early 8th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ancient historiographic pyramid attributed to Nitocris, female ruler placed by Manetho at end of 6th Dynasty, sometimes identified with Pepi II daughter Neithikret.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid immediately north of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, built for Queen Iput I, daughter of Unas and wife of Teti, mother of Pepi I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Pyramid discovered November 2008 by Zahi Hawass south-east of Teti pyramid near the Gisr el-Mudir area after locating the causeway of Bubastis branch.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Largest of Pepi I’s queens pyramids, positioned south-west of Pepi I’s enclosure at South Saqqara, built for Ankhenespepi II, sister-wife of Pepi I who survived to become queen-mother of Pepi II as…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Adjacent queens pyramid directly north-west of Teti pyramid, built for Queen Khuit (Khuyt), second principal wife of Teti.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Largest and northernmost of the three queens pyramids surrounding Pepi II at South Saqqara, built for Queen Neith, eldest daughter of Ankhenespepi I and Pepi I, and principal wife of Pepi II.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid north-east of Pepi I enclosure, attributed to Queen Behenu whose pyramid texts were discovered in 2010 re-excavation by French mission.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Central queens pyramid of Pepi II group, built for Queen Iput II (not to be confused with Iput I of Teti), sister of Pepi II or daughter of Pepi I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid south of Pepi I complex, built for Ankhenespepi III, daughter of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I and granddaughter of Pepi I/Ankhenespepi I, who married Pepi II.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost queens pyramid of Pepi II, belonging to Queen Wedjebten, likely mother of a late Pepi II prince.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last great pyramid of the Old Kingdom for the longest-reigning pharaoh (traditionally 94 years, modern 64+): 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high, tallest South Saqqara pyramid with extensive Pyramid Texts,…
🇪🇬 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, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Large 6th Dynasty pyramid at South Saqqara (78.75 × 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high), most intact Pyramid Texts ( >2,300 lines) giving royal afterlife spells.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Brief-reigned 6th Dynasty king Merenre's unfinished? pyramid between Pepi I and Djedkare Isesi at South Saqqara, base 78.75 m, attempted height 52.5 m, with fine Pyramid Texts and polychrome relief…
