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Multi-periodSite Name: Pyramid of Ombos Alternative Name: Naqada PyramidCountry: 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:
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 |
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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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