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<< Text Pages >> Pyramid of Ombos - Pyramid / Mastaba in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)

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Multi-periodSite Name: Pyramid of Ombos Alternative Name: Naqada Pyramid
Country: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 0.266 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Luxor  Nearest Village: Naqada
Latitude: 25.976554N  Longitude: 32.733035E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Pyramid in Upper Egypt (South)

Small Pyramid, 22 Meters at the base with 3 steps dating to 3rd Dynasty and most likely attributed to Pharaoh Huni who built several cenotaphs all over Egypt to commemorate his own reign. The structure is made of rough limestone blocks bound by a mortar of clay and sand, and its east side is aligned with the Nile river. Investigated by Petrie and Quibell in 1895.
Archeologists argue about a pit under the pyramid, as it cannot be assertained wether it was there before or was made by possible tomb robbers, which is ilogical as this was a dummy pyramid.
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