Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
The unfinished pyramid of Abusir is an abandoned pyramid complex located in the necropolis of Abusir whose construction began in the Fifth Dynasty. It is speculatively assigned to Shepseskare, an ephemeral pharaoh whose brief rule is the least well documented of the Fifth Dynasty.- Monument
- Description: smooth-sided pyramid
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Abusir and Pyramid of Sahure.
Pyramid of Sahure
Neithsabes, Public domain.
The pyramid of Sahure is the funerary monument built…
200 metres southeast of Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
Pyramid of Neferirkare
Neithsabes, Public domain.
The pyramid of Neferirkare is the funerary monument…
410 metres south of Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.
Al-Hawamidyah
Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.
6 km east of Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
Mit Rahinah
Mit Rahinah is a village.
7 km southeast of Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir
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Latitude
29.89861° or 29° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
31.20167° or 31° 12′ 6″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6X2+CM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = monument
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Unfinished Pyramid of Abusir” goes by many names.
هرم أبو صير غير المكتملArabic
هرم ابو صير غير المكتملEgyptian Arabic
הפירמידה הלא-גמורה של אבו סירHebrew
Незавершенная пирамида АбусираRussian
พีระมิดที่ไม่เสร็จแห่งอะบูศีรThai
Abusir PiramidiTurkish
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