Birkat al Malik
Birkat al Malik is a lake in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Birkat al Malik is situated nearby to the village Minshat Dahshur, as well as near the locality ‘Ezbet el-Khâṣṣa.| 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.
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 4 km northwest of Birkat al Malik.
Black Pyramid
Tomb
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The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the late Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt.
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 8 km north of Birkat al Malik.
Birkat al Malik
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Birket el-Malik” and “Buḩayrat Jalālat al Malik Fū’ād al Awwal”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.78333° or 29° 47′ northLongitude
31.23333° or 31° 14′ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
7GXHQ6MM+88GeoNames ID
352978
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Localities in the Area
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