Black Pyramid

The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the late Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original 11 pyramids at in .
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  • Tomb
  • …is also known as “Pyramid of Amenemhat III”
  • Description: smooth-sided pyramid; The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bent Pyramid and White Pyramid.
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The is an ancient Egyptian pyramid… is situated 1½ km west of Black Pyramid.
The of Amenemhat II is located in the… is situated 1½ km north of Black Pyramid.
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The is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located in southern . is situated 1 km south of Black Pyramid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dahshur and Saqqara.
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is an archaeological locality some…
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is the name given both to a village…
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is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Black Pyramid.

Black Pyramid

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Latitude
29.79174° or 29° 47′ 30″ north
Longitude
31.22391° or 31° 13′ 26″ east
Open location code
7GXHQ6RF+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39918837
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q284794

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Black Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الهرم الأسود”
  • Arabic: “هرم أسود”
  • Azerbaijani: “III Amenemhet ehramı”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide d’Amenemhet III a Dashur”
  • Catalan: “piràmide negra”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide negra”
  • Chinese: “黑金字塔”
  • Dutch: “Pyramid of Amenemhat III”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الهرم الاسود”
  • Esperanto: “la nigra piramido”
  • Esperanto: “piramido de Amenemhet la 3-a”
  • Finnish: “Musta pyramidi”
  • French: “pyramide d’Amenemhat III”
  • French: “Pyramide d’Amenemhat III”
  • German: “Amenemhet III.-Pyramide”
  • German: “Amenemhet-III.-Pyramide”
  • Greek: “Μαύρη Πυραμίδα”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Αμενεμχέτ Γ‘”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Αμενεμχέτ Γ’”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה השחורה”
  • Italian: “Complesso piramidale di Amenemhat III”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Amenemhat III”
  • Italian: “Piramide Nera”
  • Japanese: “黒ピラミッド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den svarte pyramide”
  • Norwegian: “Den svarte pyramide”
  • Polish: “Piramida Czarna”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide Negra”
  • Russian: “Чёрная пирамида (Египет)”
  • Russian: “Чёрная пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Čierna pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius LVIII”
  • Slovak: “Pyramída Amenemheta III. v Dahšúre”
  • Slovenian: “Črna piramida”
  • Spanish: “Piramide Negra”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Negra”
  • Swedish: “Svarta pyramiden”
  • Tamil: “கருப்பு பிரமிடு”
  • Turkish: “Amenemhet III Piramidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Чорна піраміда”
  • Urdu: “سیاہ ہرم”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Đen”

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