Al Haram al Kadhdhāb
Al Haram al Kadhdhāb is a pyramid in Giza Governorate, Egypt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pyramid
- Description: building in Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Haram al Kadhdhab”, “Blunted Pyramid”, “El-Haram el Kaddâb”, “False Pyramid”, and “Pyramid of the Two Angles”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Bent Pyramid is situated 1¼ km northeast of Al Haram al Kadhdhāb.
Red Pyramid
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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 3 km north of Al Haram al Kadhdhāb.
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. Black Pyramid is situated 2½ km east of Al Haram al Kadhdhāb.
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 9 km northeast of Al Haram al Kadhdhāb.
Al Haram al Kadhdhāb
- Categories: Egyptian pyramids, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Al Haram al Kadhdhāb” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Al Haram al Kadhdhāb”
- Swedish: “Al Haram al Kadhdhāb”
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