Located about 100km south of modern Cairo, Meidum is the location of a large pyramid, and several large mud-brick mastabas. Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... For other versions including architectural Pyramids, see Pyramid (disambiguation). ... A mastaba was a flatroofed, mudbrick, rectangular building with sloping sides that marked the burial site of many eminent Egyptians of the Egypts ancient period. ...

Pyramid

The pyramid of Sneferu is now ruined, with just its core visible. Thought to have been originally built for Huni, it was completed and probably usurped by his successor, Sneferu, who also turned it from a step pyramid to a true pyramid. The pyramid of Sneferu at Meidun The image owner has given permision for the use of this image by Wikipedia to the editor who uploaded the file. ... Sneferu, Egyptian Museum The Red Pyramid of Sneferu Sneferu, also spelt as Snefru or Snofru (in Greek known as Soris), was the founder of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, reigning from around 2613 BC to 2589 BC. The father of Egypts most famous pyramid builder, Khufu, Sneferu was actually... Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty. ... The Step Pyramid The Pyramid of Djoser was built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep. ...

Sometime in antiquity the outer layers of the casing collapsed, leaving the exposed core showing, because of its appearance it is called el-haram el-kaddab — (False Pyramid) in Arabic. In the Fifteenth Century, it was described as looking like a five-stepped mountain by Taqi ad-Din al-Maqrizi, gradually falling further into ruin so by the time it was investigated by Napoleon's Expedition in 1799 it had its present 3 steps. Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Makrizi (or Maqrizi) (1364_1442), Arabian historian, known as al-Maqrizi because of his ancestral connection with Maqriz, a suburb of Baalbek, was born at Cairo and spent most of his life in Egypt, where he was trained... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

It was excavated by John Shae Perring in 1837, Lepsuis in 1843 and then by Flinders Petrie later in the Nineteenth Century, who located the morturary temple, facing to the east. In 1920 Ludwig Borchardt studied the area further, followed by Alan Rowe in 1928 and then Ali el-Kholi in the 1970's. John Shae Perring (1813 - 1869) was a British engineer, anthropologist and Egyptologist. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Carl Richard Lepsius (December 23, 1810 - July 10, 1884) was a German professor of Egyptology and linguist. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 - 28 July 1942) was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Ludwig Borchardt (5 October 1863 — 12 August 1938) was a German Egyptologist who was born in Berlin. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In its ruined state, the structure is 65m high, and its entrance is aligned north-south, with the entrance in the north, 15m metres above present ground level. The steep decending passage leads to a horizontal passage, just below the original ground level, that then leads to a vertical shaft that leads to the burial chamber itself. It is thought to be unlikely that Sneferu was buried here — whether Huni was may never be known. Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty. ...

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Mastabas

Located nearby is a mastaba of an unknown noble, the burial chamber of which can be entered via a robber's tunnel. The stone sarcophagus remains within the unmarked and undecorated granite built chamber. Stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Merenptah A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ...

See also

• Meidum pyramid

The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived , constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. ...

External References

• Meidum: Site of the Broken Pyramid & Remnants of the First True Pyramid- Virtual-Egypt

Further reading

• Verner, Miroslav, "The Pyramids - Their Archaeology and History", Atlantic Books, 2001, ISBN 1-84354-171-8