Dahshur
Dahshur is in Giza Governorate, Egypt.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 1 km south of Dahshur.
Red Pyramid
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1 km north of Dahshur.
White Pyramid
Ruins
The White Pyramid of Amenemhat II is located in the pyramid field at Dahshur, Egypt, and is now nothing more than a pile of rubble, having been heavily quarried for stone. White Pyramid is situated 2 km northeast of Dahshur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saqqara and Dahshur.
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.
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.
Mit Rahinah
Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mit Rahinah is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Dahshur.
Dahshur
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.79904° or 29° 47′ 57″ northLongitude
31.20641° or 31° 12′ 23″ eastOpen location code
7GXHQ6X4+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 868233671OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Dahshur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دهشور”
- Chinese: “曲面·代赫舒尔遗址 Dahshur”
- German: “Dahschur”
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