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Location:

  • Egypt, Nazlat al ‘Asākir
  • geo:28.045946,30.828785
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=46052

Annotations

Zawiyet el-Meiyitin Pyramid is a small stepped pyramid dates to the period of Huni (2679 - 2655 BC).

See:

  1. Andrzej Ćwiek: Date and Function of the so-called Minor Step Pyramids. In: Göttinger Miszellen (GM) Bd. 162, Göttingen 1998, pp. 39–52.
  2. http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/seven-small-pyramids.html

Nearby

Hebenu

The modern village of Kom el Ahmar - remains of the ancient city.

Minya - Men'at Khufu (11 km)

Ancient Egyptian city

Beni Hassan (13 km)

Bani Hasan, Old Kingdom necropolis


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