Pyramid of Unas
The pyramid of Unas is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty, in the 24th century BC.
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Smooth-sided pyramid
- Also known as: “Pyramid of King Onnos”, “Pyramid of Onnos”, and “Temple of Unâs”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Djoser.
Abusir
Pyramid of Djoser
The Pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis. Pyramid of Djoser is situated 370 metres northeast of Pyramid of Unas.
Buried Pyramid
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.
Saqqara
Saqqara is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.
Al-Hawamidyah
Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. Al-Hawamidyah is situated 6 km northeast of Pyramid of Unas.
Pyramid of Unas
- Categories: smooth-sided pyramid, Egyptian pyramids, building, tourism, tomb, and historic site
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.86819° or 29° 52′ 6″ north
Longitude
31.21494° or 31° 12′ 54″ east
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
7GXHV697+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pyramid of Unas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هرم أوناس”
- Basque: “Unisen piramidea”
- Catalan: “piràmide d’Unas”
- Catalan: “Piràmide d’Unas”
- Cebuano: “Pyramid of Unas”
- Chinese: “乌纳斯金字塔”
- Chinese: “烏納斯金字塔”
- Czech: “Venisova pyramida”
- Dutch: “Piramide van Oenas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هرم اوناس”
- Esperanto: “Piramido de Unis”
- Finnish: “Unasin pyramidi”
- French: “pyramide d’Ounas”
- French: “Pyramide d’Ounas”
- German: “Unas-Pyramide”
- Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Ουνίς”
- Hebrew: “הפירמידה של אונס”
- Hebrew: “פירמידת אונס”
- Hungarian: “Unasz piramis”
- Indonesian: “Piramida Unas”
- Italian: “Piramide di Unas”
- Italian: “Piramide di Unis”
- Japanese: “ウナスのピラミッド”
- Japanese: “ウナス王のピラミッド”
- Korean: “우나스의 피라미드”
- Macedonian: “Унасова пирамида”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Unas-pyramiden”
- Norwegian: “Unas-pyramiden”
- Persian: “هرم اوناس”
- Persian: “هرم ونیس”
- Polish: “Piramida Unisa”
- Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Unas”
- Russian: “Пирамида Униса”
- Serbian: “Унасова пирамида”
- Slovak: “Venisova pyramída”
- Slovenian: “Unasova piramida”
- Spanish: “Piramide de Unis”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Unis”
- Swedish: “Unas pyramid”
- Tamil: “உனாஸ் பிரமிடு”
- Turkish: “Unas Piramidi”
- Ukrainian: “Піраміда Уніса”
- Urdu: “ہرم اوناس”
- Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Unas”
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