North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Headless Pyramid

The Headless Pyramid, otherwise identified as Lepsius XXIX or Steinpyramide XXIX, is the remain of a pyramid complex built in . The identity of the pyramid owner is unclear, though it is suspected to belong to either pharaoh Menkauhor of the Fifth Dynasty or pharaoh Merikare of the Tenth Dynasty, both of whom are known to have built a pyramid.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Teti.

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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.

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The is a smooth-sided pyramid situated in the pyramid field at in which belonged to Teti, founder of the sixth dynasty of Egypt. is situated 120 metres west of Headless Pyramid.

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The , sometimes called the Step or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the necropolis, , northwest of the ruins of . is situated 780 metres southwest of Headless 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.

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is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Headless Pyramid.

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 4½ km northeast of Headless Pyramid.

Headless Pyramid

Latitude
29.87556° or 29° 52′ 32″ north
Longitude
31.22293° or 31° 13′ 23″ east
Open location code
7GXHV6GF+65
Open­Street­Map ID
way 836353082
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
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Wiki­data ID
Q821146
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Headless Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الهرم مقطوع الرأس”
  • Arabic: “هرم مقطوع الرأس”
  • French: “pyramide de Menkaouhor”
  • French: “Pyramide de Menkaouhor”
  • French: “Pyramide de Mérikarê II”
  • French: “Pyramide n°29 de Lepsius”
  • German: “Kopflose Pyramide”
  • German: “Lepsius-XXIX-Pyramide”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה חסרת הראש”
  • Hungarian: “Fejetlen piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Lepsius XXIX”
  • Japanese: “頭のないピラミッド”
  • Macedonian: “Безглава пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Bezhlavá pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius XXIX”
  • Slovak: “Menkauhorova pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Brezglava piramida”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Cụt đầu”

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