Minshat Dahshur
Minshat Dahshur is a village in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Minshat Dahshur is situated nearby to the neighborhood Qalaet Al Mraziq Village, as well as near Monsha’et Dahshur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid.
Bent Pyramid
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu. Bent Pyramid is situated 3 km west of Minshat Dahshur.
Red Pyramid
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. It is the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafre at Giza. Red Pyramid is situated 3½ km northwest of Minshat Dahshur.
White Pyramid
Ruins
The White Pyramid of Amenemhat II is located in the pyramid field at Dahshur, Egypt, and is now nothing more than a pile of rubble, having been heavily quarried for stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahshur and Saqqara.
Dahshur
Photo: Pentaur, Public domain.
Dahshur is an Egyptian archaeological locality some 10 km to the south of Saqqara and therefore 35 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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.
Mit Rahinah
Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mit Rahinah is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Minshat Dahshur.
Minshat Dahshur
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Minshāt Dahshūr” and “Minshāt Dahshūr, Minshat Dahshur”
- Category: locality
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.79593° or 29° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
31.24066° or 31° 14′ 26″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
7GXHQ6WR+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 768779115OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
352403
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Minshat Dahshur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منشأة دهشور”
- French: “Minshat Dahshur”
- German: “Minshat Dahshur”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Elbarahimia mosque and mosque.
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