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Multi-periodSite Name: Djedefre's Pyramid Alternative Name: Abu Rawash PyramidCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 11.579 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Abu Rawash
Latitude: 30.032142N Longitude: 31.074849E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Pyramid in Lower Egypt (North). Unfinished pyramid of Khufu's immediate successor Djedefre, half brother of Khafre. For unknown reasons, he chose to built his pyramid about 8 Km north of Giza. He however only ruled for about 6 to 22 years, possibly leaving the pyramid and temple unfinished.
In fact only the chamber built into the bedrock and the shaft where survived, as the site was extensively quarried by the Romans. The rest was hastily done up with mud bricks after his death. The area is closed for normal tourism and special permission as well as an off-road vehicle is required to access this area.
Note: Could Djedefre's Pyramid be a Solar Temple? Not according to research by Baud at the Louvre Museum
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