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Multi-periodSite Name: Elephantine PyramidCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 0.339 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Aswan Nearest Village: Elephantine Island
Latitude: 24.085617N Longitude: 32.885547E
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 |
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Pyramid in Upper Egypt (South)
Small steped pyramid built of rough granite blocks bound with a clay mortar, first discovered by by a French expedition in 1909. Like most the other small pyramids, it seems to be aligned with the Nile river, and was built on a rock plateau that had been worked specifically as a foundation.
Found artifacts with an inscription of Huni, the last ruler of the 3rd Dynasty, allow the cenotaph pyramid to be attributed to him.
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