Lisht
Lisht or el-Lisht is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo. It is the site of Middle Kingdom royal and elite burials, including two pyramids built by Amenemhat I and Senusret I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyramid of Amenemhat I and Pyramid of Senusret I.
Pyramid of Amenemhat I
Ruins
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The pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Amenemhat I. This structure returned to the approximate size and form of Old Kingdom pyramids.
Pyramid of Senusret I
Ruins
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The pyramid of Senusret I is an Egyptian pyramid built to be the burial place of the Pharaoh Senusret I. The pyramid was built during the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt at el-Lisht, near the pyramid of his father, Amenemhat I.
Lisht
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Categories: village, necropolis, archaeological site, and village in Egypt
- Location: Giza Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Lisht” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lisjt”
- Arabic: “اللشت، الجيزة”
- Arabic: “اللشت”
- Armenian: “Լիշտ”
- Basque: “El Lisht”
- Catalan: “Al-Lisht”
- Catalan: “Itj-tawi”
- Catalan: “Itjtawi”
- Catalan: “Itytawi”
- Catalan: “Lisht”
- Cebuano: “Al Lisht”
- Czech: “Lišt”
- Dutch: “El-Lisht”
- Dutch: “El-lisjt”
- Dutch: “Lisht”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اللشت”
- French: “El-Lisht”
- French: “Licht”
- German: “El-Lischt”
- German: “Iti-taui”
- German: “Itj-taui”
- German: “Lischt”
- German: “Pyramidenkomplex von el-Lischt”
- Greek: “Λιστ”
- Hebrew: “אל־לישת”
- Hebrew: “לישת”
- Italian: “El-Lisht”
- Japanese: “イティ・タウィ”
- Lithuanian: “El-Lištas”
- Lithuanian: “Idži-Tavi”
- Lithuanian: “Idži-Tavis”
- Lithuanian: “Ititavis”
- Lithuanian: “Itžtavis”
- Lithuanian: “Lištas”
- Persian: “اللشت”
- Polish: “Al-Liszt”
- Portuguese: “Lixte”
- Russian: “Лишт”
- Slovenian: “Lišt”
- South Azerbaijani: “اللشت”
- Spanish: “El Lisht”
- Spanish: “El-Lisht”
- Swahili: “Lisht”
- Swedish: “Lisht”
- Tamil: “லிஸ்டு நகரம்”
- Thai: “อัลลิชต์”
- Vietnamese: “Lisht”
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