North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Pyramid of Nyuserre

The pyramid of Nyuserre is a mid-25th-century BC pyramid complex built for the Egyptian pharaoh Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty. During his reign, Nyuserre had the unfinished monuments of his father, Neferirkare Kakai, mother, Khentkaus II, and brother, Neferefre, completed, before commencing work on his personal pyramid complex.
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Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Pyramid of Niuserre” and “Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Neferirkare.

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: Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is a pyramid complex built in the 25th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty. It is the tallest, highest-situated structure in the necropolis – located between Giza and – over which it still towers. is situated 130 metres southwest of Pyramid of Nyuserre.

Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.
The is a pyramid complex built in the late 26th to 25th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty. It introduced a period of pyramid building by Sahure's successors in , on a location earlier used by Userkaf for his sun temple. is situated 220 metres north of Pyramid of Nyuserre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.

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.

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 east of Pyramid of Nyuserre.

Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Pyramid of Nyuserre.

Pyramid of Nyuserre

Latitude
29.89554° or 29° 53′ 44″ north
Longitude
31.20363° or 31° 12′ 13″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6W3+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48808533
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1751693
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Pyramid of Nyuserre” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Piramida e Nyuserre-s”
  • Arabic: “هرم ني أوسر رع”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Niuserre”
  • Chinese: “紐塞拉金字塔”
  • Chinese: “纽塞拉金字塔”
  • Czech: “Niuserreova pyramida”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Nioeserre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم نى اوسر رع”
  • French: “Pyramide de Niouserre”
  • French: “pyramide de Niouserrê”
  • French: “Pyramide de Niouserrê”
  • German: “Niuserre-Pyramide”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה של נ-אוסר”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Niuserre”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Nyuserre Ini”
  • Macedonian: “Ниусерева пирамида”
  • Persian: “هرم نیوسررع”
  • Polish: “Piramida Niuserre”
  • Russian: “пирамида Ниусерра Ини”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Ниусерра”
  • Serbian: “Њусерова пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius XX”
  • Slovak: “Niuserreho pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Njuserrejeva piramida”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Niuserre”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Nyuserra”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Nyuserre Ini”
  • Spanish: “Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Nyuserre”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mastaba of Ptahshepses and Pyramid of Khentkaus II.

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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 “Pyramid of Nyuserre”. Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.