Dahshur
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.
Pentaur, Public domain.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southern Mazghuna pyramid and Northern Mazghuna pyramid.
Southern Mazghuna pyramid
Archaeological site
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The southern Mazghuna pyramid is an ancient Egyptian…
Northern Mazghuna pyramid
Archaeological site
The northern Mazghuna pyramid is the funerary monument…
Dahshur
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Latitude
29.7513° or 29° 45′ 5″ north
Longitude
31.2408° or 31° 14′ 27″ east
Open location code
7GXHQ62R+G8
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Dahshur” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Dahshur”
- Afrikaans: “Dahsjoer”
- Arabic: “دهشور، الجيزة”
- Arabic: “دهشور،”
- Arabic: “دهشور”
- Asturian: “Dahshur”
- Basque: “Dahshur”
- Basque: “Dahsur”
- Bengali: “দাহশুর”
- Burmese: “ဒါရှာ”
- Catalan: “Dahshur”
- Catalan: “Dashur”
- Catalan: “Piràmide de Dashur”
- Catalan: “Piràmide de Senusret III”
- Catalan: “Piràmides de Dashur”
- Catalan: “Tahsur”
- Catalan: “Takkuris”
- Catalan: “Uenet Snefru”
- Chinese: “代赫舒尔”
- Chinese: “代赫舒爾”
- Chinese: “达哈淑尔”
- Chinese: “达夏尔”
- Chinese: “达淑尔”
- Chinese: “达舒尔”
- Croatian: “Dahšur”
- Croatian: “Dashur”
- Croatian: “Dašur”
- Czech: “Dáhšúr”
- Dutch: “Dahshur”
- Dutch: “Dahsjoer”
- Dutch: “Dashur”
- Dutch: “Dasjoer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دهشور”
- Esperanto: “Dahŝuro”
- Finnish: “Dahshur”
- French: “Dahchour”
- French: “Daschour”
- French: “Dashour”
- French: “Dhashur”
- Galician: “Dahshur”
- German: “Dahschur”
- German: “Pyramidenkomplex von Dahschūr”
- Greek: “Ντασούρ”
- Greek: “Νταχσούρ”
- Hausa: “Dahshur”
- Hebrew: “דהשור”
- Hebrew: “דחשור”
- Hungarian: “Dahsúr”
- Indonesian: “Dahshur”
- Italian: “Dahshur”
- Japanese: “ダハシュール”
- Korean: “다흐슈르”
- Lithuanian: “Dahšuras”
- Lithuanian: “Dahšūras”
- Malay: “Dahsyur”
- Malayalam: “ദാഹ്ഷുർ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dahshur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dashur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zawyet Dahshur”
- Norwegian: “Dahshur”
- Persian: “دهشور”
- Polish: “Dahszur”
- Portuguese: “Dachur”
- Portuguese: “Dahchur”
- Portuguese: “Dahshur”
- Russian: “Дахшур”
- Russian: “Дашур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dahšur”
- Slovak: “Dahšúr”
- Slovenian: “Dahšur”
- Spanish: “Dahshur”
- Spanish: “Dashur”
- Swedish: “Dahshur”
- Swedish: “Daschur”
- Swedish: “Dashur”
- Tamil: “தச்சூர் (பண்டைய நகரம்)”
- Tamil: “தச்சூர்”
- Thai: “ดะฮ์ชูร”
- Thai: “ดาห์ชูร์”
- Turkish: “Dahshur”
- Turkish: “Dahşur”
- Ukrainian: “Дахшур”
- Ukrainian: “Дашур”
- Urdu: “دہشور”
- Uzbek: “Dahshur”
- Vietnamese: “Dahshur”
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