Pyramid of Neferirkare

The pyramid of Neferirkare is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th century BC. It is the tallest, highest-situated structure in the necropolis – located between Giza and – over which it still towers.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • Description: Second pyramid to be built at the necropolis site of Abusir
  • Also known as
    “Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai”
    “The Ba of Neferirkare”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Nyuserre.
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is the name given to an archaeological…
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The is the funerary monument built… is situated 130 metres northeast of Pyramid of Neferirkare.
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The , or pyramid of Raneferef… is situated 160 metres southwest of Pyramid of Neferirkare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.
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is the name given both to a village…
Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. is situated 6 km east of Pyramid of Neferirkare.
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Village
is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Pyramid of Neferirkare.

Pyramid of Neferirkare

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Latitude
29.89497° or 29° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
31.20243° or 31° 12′ 9″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6V2+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48808492
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1609149

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pyramid of Neferirkare” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم نفر إر كارع كاكاي”
  • Asturian: “Pirámide de Neferirkara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neferirkare piramidası”
  • Bengali: “নেফেরিরকারের পিরামিড”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Nefererkare”
  • Chinese: “內弗爾卡拉金字塔”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Neferirkare”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم نفريركارع”
  • French: “Pyramide de Néferirkarê”
  • German: “Neferirkare-Pyramide”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה של נפריר כא רע”
  • Hungarian: “Noferirkaré-piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Neferirkare Kakai”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Neferirkare”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Neferirkara”
  • Japanese: “ネフェリルカラー王のピラミッド”
  • Korean: “네페리르카레의 피라미드”
  • Macedonian: “Неферикарева пирамида”
  • Macedonian: “Нефериркарева пирамида”
  • Persian: “هرم نفریرکارع کاکای”
  • Polish: “Piramida Neferirkare I”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Neferircaré”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Neferirkaré”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Neferirkare”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Нефериркара”
  • Slovak: “Neferirkareho pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Neferirkarejeva piramida”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Neferirkara”
  • Tamil: “நெபெரிர்கரே பிரமிடு”
  • Turkish: “Neferirkare Piramidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Неферіркара”
  • Urdu: “ہرم نفریر کارع کاکای”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Neferirkare”

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