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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: site of Ancient Egyptian pyramids
- Also known as: “Mazghūna”, “Mazghunah”, and “Mazghūnah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern Mazghuna pyramid and Northern Mazghuna pyramid.
Southern Mazghuna pyramid
Archaeological site
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The Southern Mazghuna Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb which was built during the 12th or the 13th Dynasty in Mazghuna, 5 km south of Dahshur, Egypt. Southern Mazghuna pyramid is situated 3 km northwest of Mazghuna.
Northern Mazghuna pyramid
Archaeological site
The Northern Mazghuna Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb which was built during the 12th or 13th Dynasty in Mazghuna, 5 km south of Dahshur. The building remained unfinished, and it is still unknown which pharaoh was really intended to be buried here since no appropriate inscription has been found. Northern Mazghuna pyramid is situated 3½ km northwest of Mazghuna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahshur.
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.
Mazghuna
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, village in Egypt, and transportation
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mazghuna” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مزغونة، الجيزة”
- Arabic: “مزغونة”
- Basque: “Mazghuna”
- Catalan: “Mazghuna”
- Chinese: “美兹哥哈纳”
- Chinese: “美茲哥哈納”
- Czech: “Mazghúna”
- Dutch: “Mazghuna”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مزغونه”
- French: “Mazghouna”
- French: “Mazghuna”
- German: “Masghuna”
- German: “Mazghuna”
- Hebrew: “מזע’ונה”
- Irish: “Mazghuna”
- Italian: “Mazghuna”
- Italian: “Mazguneh”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mazghuna”
- Slovenian: “Mazguna”
- Spanish: “Mazghuna”
- Swedish: “Mazghuna”
- Vietnamese: “Mazghuna”
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