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Surroundings:

Elephantine, Relief with TothElephantine, Bowl dedicated to SatisElephantine, Temple of Yaho (Jahweh), list of  donatorsElephantine, Stele of Amenhotep IIElephantine, Temple of Chmun, exterior from the NileElephantine, Behistun inscriptionElephantine, Letter of Pherendates to priests of Chnum, written in DemoticElephantine, Ostracon with a license for a prostituteElephantine, Temple of Yaho (Jahweh), list of  donatorsSatet's nilometer on Elephantine Island, 2005Elephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskMonastery of St SimeonKubbet el-Hawa, Rock tombsAswan, Stele of Ptolemy IX SoterPhilae, Temple of Isis, EntrancePhilae, Temple of Isis, Lotusleaves shaped capitalPhilae, Temple of Isis, Lotus capitalPhilae, Temple of Isis, Inner facadePhilae, Temple of Isis, French inscriptionPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offerings to Isis and HorusGIF showing site then and nowPhilae, Temple of Isis, Inner courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, exteriorPhilae, Coptic churchPhilae, Temple of Isis, Decoration with offerings to the godsPhilae, Temple of Isis, exteriorPhilae, Temple of Isis, Row of columns

Location:

  • Egypt, Nag‘ el-Ramla
  • geo:24.085649,32.885574
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=46044

Annotations

The Elephantine Pyramid was build during the third dynasty, probably by Huni (2679 - 2655 BC)

See:

  1. Andrzej Ćwiek: "Date and Function of the so-called Minor Step Pyramids." In: Göttinger Miszellen. Band 162, Göttingen 1998, pp. 39–52.

Relevant museums

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Berlin, Neues Museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

ELEPHANTINE

Ancient town of Abu on Elephantine Island.

Khnum Temple on Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island - Aswan.


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