This illustration shows the major pyramid and sun temple sites in Egypt.There
are over 100 pyramids, large and small, in Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza
and the Step Pyramid fo Djoser at Saqqara are the most famous ones. For
Elizabeth Peters fans, you can see the location of the Pyramids at Dahshur
where "The Mummy Case" is set.
The Ancient Names of the Pyramids
The names of some of the pyramids are:
Pharaoh
Date BC
Ancient Name
Location
Base
Measure
Third Dynasty
Djoser
2686-2667
unknown
Saqqara
121m
Sekhemkhet
2648-2640
unknown
Saqqara
none
Khaba
2640-2637
unknown
Zawyiet el-Aryan
84m
Huni
2637-2613
"The Stable Pyramid" (Sneferu?)
Meidum
144m
Fourth Dynasty
Sneferu
2613-2589
"The Stable Pyramid"
Meidum
144m
Sneferu
2613-2589
"Sneferu is Shining" (Bent)
Dashur
189m
Sneferu
2613-2589
"Sneferu is Shining in the South"
(Red)
Dashur
220m
Khufu
2589-2566
"Khufu belong to the Horizon"
Giza
230m
Djedfra
2566-2588
"Djedfra's Starry Sky"
Abu
Rawash
106m
Khafre
2558-2532
"Khafre is Great"
Giza
215m
Menkaure
2532-2503
Menkaure is Devine"
Giza
104m
Fifth Dynasty
Userkaf
2494-2487
"Userkaf is Purest of Sites"
Saqqara
73m
Shaura
2487-2475
"Sahure's Ba is Resplendent"
Abusir
78.5m
Neferirkare
2475-2453
Neferirkare has become a Ba"
Abusir
105m
Shepseskara
(Neferefre
or Raneferef)
2455-2448
unknown
Abusir
65m
Nuiserre
2445-2421
Places of Nuiserre are Enduring"
Abusir
81m
Menkauhor
2421-2414
Divine are the place of Menkauhor"
N. Saqqara
none
Djedkara-Isesi
2414-2375
"Beautiful is Djedkare"
S. Saqqara
none
Unas
2375-2345
"Unas is the Most Perfect of Sites"
Saqqara
57m
Sxith Dynasty
Teti
2345-2323
"Teti's is Most Durable of Sites"
Saqqara
52m
Pepi I
2321-2287
"Pepy is Established and Beautiful"
Saqqara
78m
Merenra
2287-2278
Merenre shines with Beauty"
Saqqaram
78m
Pepi II
2278-2184
"Pepi is Most Stable in Life"
Saqqara
78m
This table was developed using the following refrences:
Egypt, byVivian Davis and Renee Friedman, British Museum Press.
1998. Guide to the Pyramids of Egypt, Alberto Silotti, Barnes and
Noble Books, New York, 1997. The Pyramids, by Miloslav Verner, Grove Press, 2001.