Mazghuna
Mazghuna, 5 kilometres to the south of Dahshur, is the site of several mudbrick pyramids dating from the 12th Dynasty. The area was explored by Ernest Mackay in 1910, and was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1911.
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- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
- …is also known as “Mazghūnah”
- Description: site of Ancient Egyptian pyramids
Nearby Archaeological Sites
Discover Southern Mazghuna pyramid and Northern Mazghuna pyramid.
Southern Mazghuna pyramid
The southern Mazghuna pyramid is an ancient Egyptian…
3 km northwest of Mazghuna
Northern Mazghuna pyramid
The northern Mazghuna pyramid is the funerary monument…
3½ km northwest of Mazghuna
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahshur.
Mazghuna
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Latitude
29.75° or 29° 45′ north
Longitude
31.25° or 31° 15′ east
Open location code
7GXHQ722+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mazghuna” goes by many names.
مزغونةArabic
مزغونة، الجيزةArabic
MazghunaBasque
MazghunaCatalan
美兹哥哈纳Chinese
美茲哥哈納Chinese
MazghúnaCzech
MazghunaDutch
مزغونهEgyptian Arabic
מזע’ונהHebrew
MazghunaIrish
MazghunaItalian
MazgunehItalian
MazghunaOccitan (post 1500)
MazgunaSlovenian
MazghunaSwedish
MazghunaVietnamese
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