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Multi-periodSite Name: Queen Hetepheres Pyramid Alternative Name: Satelite of Bent PyramidCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Dahshur
Latitude: 29.788670N Longitude: 31.209520E
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)
Small pyramid for Queen Hetepheres, wife of Sneferu, just south of the bent pyramid. Sneferu could only acceed to the throne by marrying his half sister on account of the complex matrilineal egyptian royal structure.
Queen Hetepheres furniture and canopic jars are preserved in the Cairo Museum. They were found on the Giza plateau. It is thought her son Khufu removed them from Dashour as the site was threatened by tomb robbers.
The pyramid is of lower quality than the large ones as it is made of very rough blocks and infill, more like 5th dynasty pyramids. It originaly had a casing, of which traces remain.
You can now walk on top of the pyramid.
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