Red Pyramid

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 and at .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: smooth-sided pyramid
  • Also known as: “Red Pyramid of Sneferu”
  • Roof shape: pyramidal

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bent Pyramid and White Pyramid.

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The is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of , approximately 40 kilometres south of , built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu. is situated 2 km south of Red Pyramid.

Ruins
The of Amenemhat II is located in the pyramid field at , , and is now nothing more than a pile of rubble, having been heavily quarried for stone. is situated 1½ km east of Red Pyramid.

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The is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at and built for pharaoh Senusret III of the 12th Dynasty. The pyramid is the northernmost among those of Dahshur, and stands around 1.5 km northeast of Sneferu's Red Pyramid. is situated 2 km northeast of Red Pyramid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.

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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
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is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Red Pyramid.

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is an archaeological locality some 10 km to the south of and therefore 35 km south of the Egyptian capital . Travellers from Cairo will often combine a visit to with a visit to Saqqara on the same day.

Red Pyramid

Latitude
29.80855° or 29° 48′ 31″ north
Longitude
31.20625° or 31° 12′ 23″ east
Height
104 metres (341 feet)
Open location code
7GXHR654+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Wiki­data ID
Q135332
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Red Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الهرم الأحمر”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qırmızı ehram”
  • Basque: “Piramide Gorria”
  • Belarusian: “Ружовая піраміда”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Snefru”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide roja de Snefru”
  • Catalan: “piràmide roja”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide roja”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide Snefru”
  • Chinese: “紅色金字塔 for Sneferu”
  • Chinese: “紅金字塔”
  • Chinese: “红金字塔”
  • Croatian: “Crvena piramida”
  • Czech: “Červená pyramida”
  • Czech: “Netopýří pyramida”
  • Czech: “Severní pyramida”
  • Dutch: “Rode piramide van Snefroe”
  • Dutch: “Rode piramide van Snofroe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الهرم الاحمر”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa Piramido”
  • Finnish: “Punainen pyramidi”
  • French: “Pyramide rouge”
  • German: “Nord-Pyramide”
  • German: “Rote Pyramide”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Πυραμίδα”
  • Greek: “Κόκκινη Πυραμίδα”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה האדומה”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös Piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Merah”
  • Irish: “An Phirimid Dhearg”
  • Italian: “Piramide Nord”
  • Italian: “Piramide rossa”
  • Japanese: “赤いピラミッド”
  • Lithuanian: “Raudonoji piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Црвена пирамида”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den røde pyramide”
  • Norwegian: “Den røde pyramide”
  • Persian: “هرم سرخ”
  • Polish: “Czerwona Piramida”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide Vermelha”
  • Romanian: “Piramida Roșie”
  • Russian: “Красная пирамида”
  • Russian: “Розовая пирамида”
  • Serbian: “Црвена пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Červená pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Severná pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Rdeča piramida”
  • Spanish: “Piramide Roja”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Roja”
  • Swedish: “Den röda pyramiden”
  • Swedish: “Röda pyramiden”
  • Tagalog: “Pulang Piramide”
  • Tamil: “செம்பிரமிடு”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดแดง”
  • Turkish: “Kırmızı Piramit”
  • Ukrainian: “Рожева піраміда”
  • Urdu: “سرخ ہرم”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Đỏ”

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