Dahshūr: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Dahshūr Pyramids

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Blunted Pyramid

Snefru's Pyramid

The Blunted Pyramid of King Snefru at Dahshūr, Egypt.

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Archaeology Pyramid Valley of the Kings Abu Simbel Thebes Pyramids of Giza Ṣaqqārah Tell el-Amarna Abydos Dayr al-Baḥrī Naukratis Per Ramessu

Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu rising behind it on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

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ancient civilization

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Egypt

country, Africa

Memphis, Egypt: colossal statue of Ramses II

Memphis

ancient city, Egypt

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Snefru

king of Egypt

Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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