List of Egyptian pyramids

This list presents the vital statistics of the pyramids listed in chronological order, when available.

Dynasty	Pharaoh	Modern name (ancient name)	Site	Base length (m)	Height (m)	Volume (m3)	Inclination °	Notes [ clarification needed ]	Location	Image
3rd 2686–2613 BC	Djoser	Pyramid of Djoser	Saqqara	121×109	60	330,400		[1]	29°52′16.56″N31°12′59.02″E / 29.8712667°N 31.2163944°E / 29.8712667; 31.2163944
3rd	Sekhemkhet	Buried Pyramid	Saqqara	120	7	33,600 (unfinished)		[2] Unfinished pyramid converted into a square mastaba.	29°51′58″N31°12′47″E / 29.866°N 31.213°E / 29.866; 31.213
3rd	Khaba (uncertain)	Layer Pyramid	Zawyet el'Aryan	84	20	47,040 (possibly unfinished)		The connection to king Khaba is disputed, since not a single artifact with any royal name was found in the underground chambers.	29°55′58″N31°09′41″E / 29.932820°N 31.161262°E / 29.932820; 31.161262
4th 2613–2498 BC	Sneferu	Pyramid of Meidum (Snefru endures)	Meidum	144	65	638,733 (possibly unfinished)	51° 50' 35" [3]	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid. The Meidum pyramid may have been originally built for Huni and continued by Sneferu.	29°23′17″N31°09′25″E / 29.38806°N 31.15694°E / 29.38806; 31.15694
4th	Sneferu	Bent Pyramid (Snefru shines in the South)	Dahshur	188	105	1,237,040	54° 50' 35" /43° 22' [3]	The change of the angle have been made as a stability precaution in reaction to a catastrophic collapse of the Meidum pyramid while it was still under construction.	29°47′25″N31°12′33″E / 29.79028°N 31.20917°E / 29.79028; 31.20917
4th	Sneferu	Red Pyramid (Snefru shines in the North)	Dahshur	220	105	1,694,000	43° 22'		29°48′30″N31°12′21″E / 29.80833°N 31.20583°E / 29.80833; 31.20583
4th	Khufu	The Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu's horizon)	Giza	230.3	146.6	2,583,283	51° 50' 40"	[4]	29°58′45″N31°08′03″E / 29.97917°N 31.13417°E / 29.97917; 31.13417
4th	Djedefre	Pyramid of Djedefre (Djedefre's Starry Sky)	Abu Rawash	106.2	67	131,043 (possibly unfinished)	~52° [3] [5]		30°01′56″N31°04′29″E / 30.03222°N 31.07472°E / 30.03222; 31.07472
4th (uncertain)	Bikheris? Seth-Ka? [6]	Northern Pyramid of Zawyet el'Aryan (Star of ..?..-Ka)	Zawyet el'Aryan	200		(Never built)		[7] [8]	29°56′24.44″N31°9′5.6″E / 29.9401222°N 31.151556°E / 29.9401222; 31.151556
4th	Khafre	Pyramid of Khafre (Khafre is great)	Giza	215.25	143.5	2,211,096	53°10' [3]		29°58′34″N31°07′51″E / 29.97611°N 31.13083°E / 29.97611; 31.13083
4th	Menkaure	Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkaure is divine)	Giza	103.4	65.5	235,183	51°20′25″	Pyramid complex includes 3 queens pyramids.	29°58′21″N31°07′42″E / 29.97250°N 31.12833°E / 29.97250; 31.12833
5th 2498–2345 BC	Userkaf	Pyramid of Userkaf (The pure sites of Userkaf)	Saqqara	73.3	49	87,906	53°7'48" [3]		29°52′25″N31°13′08″E / 29.87361°N 31.21889°E / 29.87361; 31.21889
5th	Sahure	Pyramid of Sahure (The personality (ba) of Sahure appears)	Abusir	78.75	47	96,542	50°11'40" [3]		5 29°53′52″N31°12′12″E / 29.89778°N 31.20333°E / 29.89778; 31.20333
5th	Neferirkare Kakai	Pyramid of Neferirkare (Personality (ba) of Neferirkare)	Abusir	105	54	257,250	54°30'	Originally built a stepped pyramid.	29°53′42″N31°12′09″E / 29.89500°N 31.20250°E / 29.89500; 31.20250
5th	Neferefre	Pyramid of Neferefre (The power of Neferefre is divine)	Abusir	65		29,575 (unfinished)	64°30' (intended) [9] 78° (after mastaba conversion) [10]	Unfinished pyramid converted into a square mastaba.	29°53′38″N31°12′6″E / 29.89389°N 31.20167°E / 29.89389; 31.20167
5th	Shepseskare	Unfinished pyramid of North Abusir	Abusir	100			–	Never built, earthwork just started	29°53′55″N31°12′6″E / 29.89861°N 31.20167°E / 29.89861; 31.20167
5th	Nyuserre Ini	Pyramid of Nyuserre (The seats of Niuserre will endure)	Abusir	79.9	51.68	112,632	51° 50' 35"	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 1 or 2 queens pyramids.	29°53′44″N31°12′13″E / 29.89556°N 31.20361°E / 29.89556; 31.20361
5th	Menkauhor Kaiu [11]	Headless Pyramid (The divine places of Menkauhor)	Saqqara	c. 52		n.d.	n.d.		29°52′31″N31°13′25″E / 29.87528°N 31.22361°E / 29.87528; 31.22361
5th	Djedkare Isesi	Pyramid of Djedkare-Isesi (Beautiful is Djedkare)	South Saqqara	78.75	52.5	107,835	52°	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 1 queens pyramid.	29°51′04″N31°13′15″E / 29.85111°N 31.22083°E / 29.85111; 31.22083
5th	Unas	Pyramid of Unas (The places of Unas are beautiful)	North Saqqara	57.75	43	47,390	56° [3]		29°52′6″N31°12′53″E / 29.86833°N 31.21472°E / 29.86833; 31.21472
6th 2345–2181 BC	Teti	Pyramid of Teti (The places of Teti are enduring)	North Saqqara	78.5	52.5	107,835	53° 7' 48"	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 2 queens pyramids.	29°52′31″N31°13′18″E / 29.87528°N 31.22167°E / 29.87528; 31.22167
6th	Pepi I	Pyramid of Pepi I (The beauty of Pepi may endure)	South Saqqara	78.75	52.5	107,835	53° 7' 48"	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 5 queens pyramids.	29°51′16″N31°13′8″E / 29.85444°N 31.21889°E / 29.85444; 31.21889
6th	Merenre	Pyramid of Merenre (The beauty of Merenre appears)	South Saqqara	78.75	52.5	107,835	57°7'48"		29°51′02″N31°12′54″E / 29.85055556°N 31.215°E / 29.85055556; 31.215
6th	Pepi II	Pyramid of Pepi II (Pepi is established and living)	South Saqqara	78.75	52.5	107,835	53° 7' 48" [4]		29°50′25″N31°12′48″E / 29.8403°N 31.2133°E / 29.8403; 31.2133
8th	Qakare Ibi	Pyramid of Ibi	South Saqqara	31.5	21?		53° 7′	Last pyramid built in Saqqara.	29°50′30″N31°13′4″E / 29.84167°N 31.21778°E / 29.84167; 31.21778
First Intermediate Period	Khui	Pyramid of Khui	Dara	146x136		n.d.	n.d.	Unclear if it was a step pyramid or a giant mastaba.	27°18′28″N30°52′18″E / 27.30778°N 30.87167°E / 27.30778; 30.87167
10th	Merikare	Pyramid of Merikare (Flourishing are the abodes of Merikare)	Unknown, possibly North Saqqara	n.d.		n.d.	n.d.	Archaeologically attested, but still unidentified.
12th 1991–1803 BC	Amenemhat I	Pyramid of Amenemhet I (Amenemhat appears at his place)	Lisht	84	55	129,360	54° 27' 44"		29°34′30″N31°13′31″E / 29.5749°N 31.2253°E / 29.5749; 31.2253
12th	Senusret I	Pyramid of Senusret I (Senusret beholds the two lands)	Lisht	105	61.25	225,093	49° 24'	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 9 queens pyramids.	29°33′36.04″N31°13′15.40″E / 29.5600111°N 31.2209444°E / 29.5600111; 31.2209444
12th	Amenemhat II	White Pyramid (Amenemhat is provided)	Dahshur	50					29°48′20″N31°13′22″E / 29.80556°N 31.22278°E / 29.80556; 31.22278
12th	Senusret II	Pyramid of Senusret II (Senusret appears)	El-Lahun	106	48.6	185,665	42° 35'	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid or a queens pyramid.	29°14′N30°58′E / 29.233°N 30.967°E / 29.233; 30.967
12th	Senusret III	Pyramid of Senusret III	Dahshur	105	78	288,488	56° 18' 35"	Pyramid complex includes 7 queens pyramids.	29°49′8″N31°13′32″E / 29.81889°N 31.22556°E / 29.81889; 31.22556
12th	Amenemhat III	Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Amenemhat is beautiful)	Dahshur	105	75	274,625	56° 18' 35"		29°47′30″N31°13′25″E / 29.79167°N 31.22361°E / 29.79167; 31.22361
12th	Amenemhat III	Pyramid of Hawara (Amenemhat lives)	Hawara	105	58	200,158	48° 45'		29°16′27″N30°53′56″E / 29.27417°N 30.89889°E / 29.27417; 30.89889
12th or 13th	Amenemhat IV (?)	Southern Mazghuna pyramid	South Mazghuna	52.5	(unfinished)	n.d.	n.d.		29°45′42″N31°13′15″E / 29.76167°N 31.22083°E / 29.76167; 31.22083
12th or 13th	Sobekneferu (?)	Northern Mazghuna pyramid	North Mazghuna	>52.5	(unfinished)	n.d.	n.d.		29°46′3″N31°13′15″E / 29.76750°N 31.22083°E / 29.76750; 31.22083
13th c. 1790 BC	Ameny Qemau	Pyramid of Ameny Qemau	South Saqqara	52	35		c 55°		29°46′54″N31°13′17″E / 29.78167°N 31.22139°E / 29.78167; 31.22139
13th	Ameny Qemau (possibly usurped) [12]	n.d.	Dahshur	n.d.		n.d.	n.d.
13th c. 1760 BC	Khendjer	Pyramid of Khendjer	South Saqqara	52.5	37.35	34,300	55°	Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and two enclosure walls.	29°49′56″N31°13′26″E / 29.83222°N 31.22389°E / 29.83222; 31.22389
13th	unknown	Southern South Saqqara pyramid	South Saqqara	78.75	(unfinished)	n.d.	n.d.		29°49′50″N31°13′20″E / 29.83056°N 31.22222°E / 29.83056; 31.22222
13th c. 1740 BC	Likely Neferhotep I	Tomb S9	Abydos	uncertain		unknown		Likely a pyramid, similar to Khendjer's, but possibly a mastaba	26°10′17″N31°55′30″E / 26.17139°N 31.92500°E / 26.17139; 31.92500
13th c. 1730 BC	Likely Sobekhotep IV	Tomb S10	Abydos	uncertain		unknown		Likely a pyramid, similar to Khendjer's, but possibly a mastaba	26°10′16″N31°55′27″E / 26.17111°N 31.92417°E / 26.17111; 31.92417
17th	Nubkheperre Intef	Pyramid of Nubkheperre Intef	Dra' Abu el-Naga'	11	13	n.d.	60°
18th (1550–1292 BC)	Ahmose I	Pyramid of Ahmose	Abydos	52.5	10	n.d.	60°	Built as a cenotaph. It is the only royal pyramid in Abydos.	26°10′30″N31°56′16″E / 26.17500°N 31.93778°E / 26.17500; 31.93778

See also

• Egyptian pyramids
• Great Sphinx of Giza
• Lepsius list of pyramids
• List of Egyptian pyramidia
• List of finds in Egyptian pyramids
• List of the oldest buildings in the world
• Umm El Qa'ab

References and notes

1. The pyramid complex covers 37 acres (15 ha) and provides several cultic buildings. It is one of the best preserved Old Kingdom royal cemeteries and hides several, huge underground mazes of niched corridors and chambers.
2. Rediscovered in 1951 by Zakaria Goneim. Famous for its sarcophagus made of alabaster, which was found in situ and sealed. Surprisingly, the sarcophagus was empty and possibly never in use.
3. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid.
4. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 3 queens pyramids.
5. Vallogia, Michel (University of Geneva), Joanne Rowlands (University of Oxford), and Dr Zahi Hawass (Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities) (23 June 2008). The Lost Pyramid (Television documentary). History. Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
6. For the problematic, see: Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten. Die Zeitbestimmung der ägyptischen Geschichte von der Vorzeit bis 332 v. Chr. (= Münchner ägyptologische Studien, vol. 46). von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN   3-8053-2310-7, page 158.
7. Rainer Stadelmann: Die Ägyptischen Pyramiden: vom Ziegelbau zum Weltwunder ( = Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt, vol. 30). von Zabern, Mainz 185, ISBN   3805308558, p. 77, 140–145.
8. Six ink inscriptions once contained a cartouche name, which remains illegible. There are dozens of different readings proposed by Egyptologists. See: Miroslav Verner: Archaeological Remarks on the 4th and 5th Dynasty Chronology. In: Archiv Orientální, vol. 69. Praha 2001, page 363–418.
9. Verner 2001, p. 464.
10. Lehner 2008, p. 147.
11. Reuters: Jonathan Wright: Eroded pyramid attributed to early pharaoh, 5 June 2008
12. Jarus, Owen (4 April 2017). "2nd Pyramid Bearing Pharaoh Ameny Qemau's Name Is Found". Live Science . Retrieved 8 April 2017.

Bibliography

• Lehner, Mark (2008). The Complete Pyramids. New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN   978-0-500-28547-3.
• Verner, Miroslav (2001). The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. New York: Grove Press. ISBN   978-0-8021-1703-8.