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Menkaure Pyramid
Menkaure Pyramid

The smallest of the famous pyramids of Giza is called Menkaure (or Mykerinos), yet it still has its character. It was built during the 4th dynasty of Menkaure (reigned in the mid-25th century BCE), immediately southwest of the larger...

Djedefre Pyramid
Djedefre Pyramid

A few miles northwest of Giza, on the high and windy hill of Abu Rawash, may be seen the remains of one of the most curious royal residences of the Old Kingdom. It is a complex of pyramids for Djedef (Radjedef), the son and heir.  It belongs...

Teti Pyramid
Teti Pyramid

The Teti Pyramid is situated on a desert plateau called Saqqara, immediately south of the present-day Cairo. Smaller and more destroyed than the renowned pyramids at Giza, it is considered a shift in royal funerary customs. It was...

Sahure Pyramid
Sahure Pyramid

The pyramid or the pyramid of Sahure is one building that is located in Abusir just outside Cairo in the Fifth Dynasty, which was later constructed by the Egyptian pharaoh, Sahure who reigned between 2487 and 2475 BCE. It is not as impressive...

Unas Pyramid
Unas Pyramid

One of the most important buildings belonging to the old Kingdom in Egypt and more precisely the Fifth Dynasty is the Pyramid of Unas situated at Saqqara in Egypt. It was built during the reign of Pharaoh Unas, who reigned between 2375 and...

Pepi I Pyramid Complex
Pepi I Pyramid Complex

The Pyramid Complex of Pepi I South Saqqara is one of those few features that still remind us of current developments that took place in architecture and religion during the Second Dynasty in Egypt. The complex was built at the end of the...

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