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Pyramid of Amenemhet I

Giza Governorate, Egypt · built -1989

The pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Amenemhat I. This structure returned to the approximate size and form of Old Kingdom pyramids. It also, however, established a new tradition of giving each component structure in the pyramid complex its own unique name. The structures together were known as "The places of the appearances of Amenemhat".

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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