Pyramid of El Lahun
The pyramid of Senusret II is the funerary monument at El Lahun built for the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret II of the Twelfth Dynasty in the early 19th century BC.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Egyptian pyramid
- Also known as: “Haram al Lāhūn”, “Illahun”, “Pyramid of Illahūn”, “Pyramid of Senusret II”, and “Sesostris II Pyramid”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Lahun.
El Lahun
Village
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
El Lahun (Arabic: اللاهون El Lāhūn, Coptic: ⲗⲉϩⲱⲛⲉ alt. Illahun, Lahun, or Kahun, is a town and pyramid complex in Faiyum, Egypt founded by Senusret II. El Lahun is situated 3 km south of Pyramid of El Lahun.
Pyramid of El Lahun
- Categories: smooth-sided pyramid, Egyptian pyramids, building, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.23618° or 29° 14′ 10″ northLongitude
30.97074° or 30° 58′ 15″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
7GXG6XPC+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 89036414OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pyramid of El Lahun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هرم اللاهون”
- Arabic: “هرم اللهون”
- Azerbaijani: “Senusret II piramidası”
- Catalan: “piràmide de Lahun”
- Catalan: “Piràmide de Lahun”
- Cebuano: “Pyramid of El Lahun”
- Dutch: “Piramide van Senoeseret II”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هرم اللاهون”
- Finnish: “Al-Lahunin pyramidi”
- French: “pyramide de Sésostris II”
- French: “Pyramide de Sésostris II”
- German: “Sesostris-II.-Pyramide”
- Hungarian: “II. Szenuszert piramisa”
- Japanese: “ラフーンのピラミッド”
- Polish: “Piramida Senusereta II”
- Slovak: “Pyramída Senusreta II.”
- Slovenian: “Piramida Senusreta II.”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Senusret II”
- Swedish: “Pyramiden i El-Lahun”
- Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Senusret II”
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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 “Pyramid of El Lahun”. Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.