Djedkare-Isesi / Haram el-Shawaf Complex

Egypt / Giseh / El Badrashin /
 pyramid, temple, museum, interesting place
Haram el-Shawaf (Arabic: حرم الشواف‎) (The Sentinel), located in south Saqqara in Egypt, is a pyramid complex built by Djedkare Isesi and was originally called Beautiful is Djedkare-Isesi. The complex includes the main pyramid, a satellite pyramid, and two flat-topped pyramidoid entry pylons. These were all enclosed within the complex' temple walls. also present is and an associated pyramid which is probably that of his unnamed consort, and is hence known as The Pyramid of the Unknown Queen. The latter had a companion mini-pyramid of its own.


Diagram credit: Wikipedia Commons user Neithsabes
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djedkare-Isesi
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Coordinates:   29°51'4"N   31°13'19"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago