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 Khufu and Khafre at Giza.
- Tourist attraction
- …is also known as “Red Pyramid of Sneferu”
- …stands 104 metres (341 feet) tall
- …has a pyramidal roof
- Description: smooth-sided pyramid
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bent Pyramid and White Pyramid.
Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid… Bent Pyramid is situated 2 km south of Red Pyramid.
White Pyramid
Ruins
The White Pyramid of Amenemhat II is located in the… White Pyramid is situated 1½ km east of Red Pyramid.
Pyramid of Senusret III
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The pyramid of Senusret III is an ancient Egyptian… Pyramid of Senusret III is situated 2 km northeast of Red Pyramid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.
Mit Rahinah
Mit Rahinah is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Red Pyramid.
Red Pyramid
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Latitude
29.80855° or 29° 48′ 31″ north
Longitude
31.20625° or 31° 12′ 23″ east
Open location code
7GXHR654+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tomb
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Red Pyramid” goes by many names.
الهرم الأحمرArabic
Qırmızı ehramAzerbaijani
Piramide GorriaBasque
Ружовая пірамідаBelarusian
Piràmide de SnefruCatalan
Piràmide rojaCatalan
Piràmide roja de SnefruCatalan
Piràmide SnefruCatalan
紅色金字塔 for SneferuChinese
紅金字塔Chinese
红金字塔Chinese
Crvena piramidaCroatian
Červená pyramidaCzech
Netopýří pyramidaCzech
Severní pyramidaCzech
Rode piramide van SnefroeDutch
Rode piramide van SnofroeDutch
الهرم الاحمرEgyptian Arabic
Ruĝa PiramidoEsperanto
Punainen pyramidiFinnish
Pirámide VermellaGalician
Βόρεια ΠυραμίδαGreek
Κόκκινη ΠυραμίδαGreek
הפירמידה האדומהHebrew
Vörös PiramisHungarian
Piramida MerahIndonesian
An Phirimid DheargIrish
Piramide NordItalian
Piramide rossaItalian
赤いピラミッドJapanese
Raudonoji piramidėLithuanian
Црвена пирамидаMacedonian
Den røde pyramideNorwegian
Den røde pyramideNorwegian Bokmål
هرم سرخPersian
Czerwona PiramidaPolish
Piramida RoșieRomanian
Красная пирамидаRussian
Розовая пирамидаRussian
Црвена пирамидаSerbian
Červená pyramídaSlovak
Severná pyramídaSlovak
Rdeča piramidaSlovenian
Den röda pyramidenSwedish
Röda pyramidenSwedish
Pulang PiramideTagalog
செம்பிரமிடுTamil
พีระมิดแดงThai
Kırmızı PiramitTurkish
Рожева пірамідаUkrainian
سرخ ہرمUrdu
Qizil piramidaUzbek
Kim tự tháp ĐỏVietnamese
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