North Africa
Egypt
Beni Suweif Governorate

Meidum Pyramid

Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in . It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: pyramid in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Haram Maidûm”, “Haram Maydum”, “Haram Maydūm”, “Maidun Pyramid”, “Maidûn Pyramid”, “Maidûn Pyramid, Maidun Pyramid”, “Maydūm”, “Meidum”, “Pyramid of Sneferu”, and “Pyramid of Snefru”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meidoum.

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Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum is an archaeological site in . It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times.

Meidum Pyramid

Latitude
29.38837° or 29° 23′ 18″ north
Longitude
31.15713° or 31° 9′ 26″ east
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
7GXH95Q4+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89034641
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
352587
Wiki­data ID
Q13444093
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Meidum Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم ميدوم”
  • Arabic: “هرم ميدون”
  • Basque: “Meidumeko piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда ў Медуме”
  • Catalan: “piràmide de Meidum”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Meidum”
  • Cebuano: “Haram Maydūm”
  • Chinese: “美杜姆金字塔”
  • Czech: “Falešná pyramida”
  • Czech: “Médúmska pyramida”
  • Czech: “Pyramida v Médúmu”
  • Dutch: “Trappenpiramide van Snofroe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم ميدوم”
  • French: “Maidun Pyramid”
  • French: “pyramide de Meïdoum”
  • French: “Pyramide de Meïdoum”
  • Galician: “Pirámide de Meidum”
  • German: “Haram Maidum”
  • German: “Maidum-Pyramide”
  • German: “Maidun Pyramid”
  • German: “Meidum-Pyramide”
  • German: “Pyramide von Maidum”
  • German: “Pyramide von Meidum”
  • German: “Pyramide von Meidūm”
  • Hungarian: “Mejdúmi piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Maydum”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Meidum”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Meidum”
  • Polish: “Piramida w Meidum”
  • Russian: “Медумская пирамида”
  • Russian: “Пирамида в Медуме”
  • Slovak: “Pyramída v Médúme”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Meidum”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Meidum”
  • Swedish: “Haram Maydūm”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда в Мейдумі”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meidum Pyramid”. Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.