Pyramid of Sahure

The pyramid of Sahure is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty in the late 26th to 25th century BC. This initiated a period of pyramid building by Sahure's successors in , on a location earlier used by Userkaf for his sun temple.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 34 metres (112 feet)
  • Description: smooth-sided pyramid
  • Also known as
    “Kha-ba Sahura”
    “Pyramid of King Sehurē”
    “Pyramid of Sehurē”
    “Sahourè”
    “Sâḥûr‘”
    “The rising of the ba spirit of Sahure”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Neferirkare.
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is the name given to an archaeological…
Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is the funerary monument… is situated 300 metres south of Pyramid of Sahure.
Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is the funerary monument built… is situated 220 metres south of Pyramid of Sahure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.
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is the name given both to a village…
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. is situated 6 km east of Pyramid of Sahure.
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is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Pyramid of Sahure.

Pyramid of Sahure

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Latitude
29.89754° or 29° 53′ 51″ north
Longitude
31.20339° or 31° 12′ 12″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6X3+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48808535
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
349838
Wiki­data ID
Q131820

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pyramid of Sahure” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم ساحورع”
  • Arabic: “هرم سهورة”
  • Bengali: “সাহুরের পিরামিড”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Sahure”
  • Cebuano: “Pyramid of Sahure”
  • Chinese: “薩胡拉金字塔”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Sahoere”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم ساحورع”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Sahure”
  • French: “pyramide de Sahourê”
  • French: “Pyramide de Sahourê”
  • German: “Sahure-Pyramide”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה של סחו רע”
  • Hungarian: “Szahuré-piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Kha-ba Sahura”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Sahure”
  • Italian: “piramide di Sahura”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Sahura”
  • Japanese: “サフラーのピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “サフラー王のピラミッド”
  • Korean: “사후레의 피라미드”
  • Macedonian: “Сахурова пирамида”
  • Persian: “هرم ساحورع”
  • Polish: “Piramida Sahure”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Sahuré”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Sefrés”
  • Russian: “пирамида Сахура”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Сахура”
  • Slovak: “Sahureho pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Sahurejeva piramida”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Sahura”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Sahura”
  • Swedish: “Sahuras pyramid”
  • Tamil: “சகுரா பிரமிடு”
  • Turkish: “Sahure Piramidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Сахури”
  • Urdu: “ہرم ساحورع”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Sahure”

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