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Site WatchSite Name: Amenemhat III Pyramid at Dashour. Alternative Name: Dahshur Black PyramidCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 1.055 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Dahshur
Latitude: 29.791100N Longitude: 31.223860E
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)
Amenemhat III was the 6th Pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty. This Pyramid lies 800 meters East of the bent pyramid at Dahshur.
It apparantly started collapsing as it neared completion after 14 years of construction. It is largely built of mudbricks and no stone structural elements are visible other than a few casing blocks. He then built an other smaller one at Hawwara further to the south.
A 13th Century Pharaoh was then intered in the ruins, after Egypt slipped into the 3rd chaotic intermediary period and split.
Several other 12th Dynasty Pharaohs built pyramids at Dashour, but they are more difficult to see and the ones from Sneferu are much more spectacular
The local Antiquities Police discourage the longuish hike accross the desert, but can be encouraged to look the other way.
Note: Archaeologists fear for pyramid sites as illegal building gathers pace in wake of Arab spring.
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