‘Ezbet el-Khâṣṣa

Places of Interest

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 3½ km northwest of ‘Ezbet el-Khâṣṣa.

Southern Mazghuna pyramid

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Places in the Area

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. Travellers from Cairo will often combine a visit to Dahshur with a visit to Saqqara on the same day.

Saqqara

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

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 10 km north of ‘Ezbet el-Khâṣṣa.

‘Ezbet el-Khâṣṣa

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