North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Buried Pyramid

The Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet is an unfinished seven-step pyramid constructed c. 2645 BC for Sekhemkhet. He was the second king of the of Ancient Egypt, which reigned over Egypt c. 2686–2613 BC and is usually placed at the beginning of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Egyptian step pyramid
  • Also known as: “Pyramid of Sekhemkhet” and “هرم سخم خت”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Unas.

Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name given to an archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of . About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital , is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Photo: Roweromaniak, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl.
The is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty. is situated 260 metres northeast of Buried Pyramid.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
The , sometimes called the Step or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the necropolis, , northwest of the ruins of . is situated 630 metres northeast of Buried Pyramid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of 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.

Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Buried Pyramid.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. is situated 6 km northeast of Buried Pyramid.

Buried Pyramid

Latitude
29.86615° or 29° 51′ 58″ north
Longitude
31.21365° or 31° 12′ 49″ east
Open location code
7GXHV687+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102555364
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q135318
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Buried Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الهرم المدفون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sexemxet ehramı”
  • Catalan: “piràmide de Sekhemkhet”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Sekhemkhet”
  • Chinese: “被掩埋的金字塔”
  • Czech: “Pohřbená pyramida”
  • Czech: “Sechemchetova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Sechemchetova stupňovitá pyramida”
  • Dutch: “Funerair complex van Horus Sechemchet”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Sechemchet”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Sekhemkeht”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الهرم المدفون”
  • French: “Complexe de Sekhemkhet”
  • French: “Complexe funeraire de Sekhemkhet”
  • French: “Complexe funéraire de Sekhemkhet”
  • French: “complexe funéraire de Sékhemkhet”
  • French: “Pyramide de Sekhemkhet”
  • French: “Pyramide de Sékhemkhet”
  • German: “Djoserteti-Pyramide”
  • German: “Sechemchet-Pyramide”
  • Hungarian: “Eltemetett piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Szehemhet-piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Sekhemkhet”
  • Japanese: “セケムケト王のピラミッド”
  • Macedonian: “Сехемхетова пирамида”
  • Persian: “هرم سخم‌خت”
  • Persian: “هرم مدفون”
  • Polish: “Piramida Sechemcheta”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Sekhemkhet”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Sequenquete”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Tireis”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Sekhemkhet”
  • Russian: “пирамида Сехемхета”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Сехемхета”
  • Serbian: “Sekemketova piramida”
  • Serbian: “Закопана пирамида”
  • Serbian: “Секемкетова пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Pochovaná pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Sechemchetova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Stratená pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Pokopana piramida”
  • Spanish: “Complejo funerario de Sejemjet”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Sejemjet”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Sejemjet”
  • Swedish: “Den begravda pyramiden”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดฝัง”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Сехемкета”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Сехемхета”
  • Vietnamese: “kim tự tháp bị chôn vùi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Sekhemkhet”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Buried Pyramid”. Photo: Pottery Fan, CC BY-SA 3.0.