Pyramid Explorer

Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara

Hawara, entrance to the Fayyum, Egypt

Egyptian royal pyramid. Height: 58 m. Date: 19th–18th century BCE.

Royal tomb. It has a mudbrick core, once covered in limestone that was later stripped away, and the nearby mortuary temple is thought to be the basis of the Labyrinth described by Herodotus.

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