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Pyramid of Khentkaus II
The Pyramid of Khentkaus II is the Fifth Dynasty tomb of Queen Khentkaus II, wife of King Neferirkare and mother of two kings, at Abusir in Egypt.
Pyramid of Khentkawes
Pyramid of Khentkawes (LG 100, G 8400), also called the step tomb of Khentkawes I, is a Fourth Dynasty two-tiered royal tomb at Giza, Egypt, called the fourth Giza pyramid by excavator Selim Hassan, with its attached Khentkawes Town settlement and debated royal status of its owner.
Pyramid of Khui
The Pyramid of Khui is an unfinished mudbrick monument at Dara, near Manfalut in Middle Egypt, attributed on indirect evidence to the First Intermediate Period king Khui.
Pyramid of Menkaure
Pyramid of Menkaure: smallest of the three Giza pyramids, tomb of the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Menkaure (c. 2532–2503 BC), known for its unfinished Aswan granite casing, queens' pyramids, Reisner's statue finds, and the rejected 2024 casing restoration.
Pyramid of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
The Pyramid of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, also called the Pyramid of Merenre, is a ruined Sixth Dynasty royal pyramid at South Saqqara, Egypt, built for the pharaoh Merenre.
Pyramid of Merikare
The Pyramid of Merikare is an unlocated ancient Egyptian pyramid attributed to Merykare, a Tenth Dynasty king of Herakleopolis, attested only by a priestly title on a stele.
Pyramid of Neferefre
The Pyramid of Neferefre, also written Raneferef, is the unfinished Fifth Dynasty royal pyramid of King Neferefre at Abusir, Egypt, abandoned at his early death.
Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai
The Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai is the funerary pyramid of the Fifth Dynasty king Neferirkare Kakai at Abusir, near Cairo, where its mortuary temple yielded the important Abusir papyri.
Pyramid of Neferkare Neby
An unlocated royal pyramid of Egypt's late 8th Dynasty, around 2170 BCE, named Djed-ankh-Neferkara in a queen's stela from Saqqara; its owner is disputed and no structure has ever been found.
Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini
The Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini, also known as the Pyramid of Niuserre, is the funerary pyramid of Nyuserre Ini, sixth king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, at Abusir.
Pyramid of Pepi I
The Pyramid of Pepi I, called Men-nefer-Pepi, is a 6th Dynasty royal pyramid at South Saqqara, Egypt, built for King Pepi I around 2300 BC.
Pyramid of Pepi II
The Pyramid of Pepi II is the ruined pyramid of King Pepi II at South Saqqara, Egypt, built in the late 6th Dynasty around 2278–2184 BCE.
Pyramid of Reherishefnakht
The Pyramid of Reherishefnakht is a small pyramid tomb at south Saqqara, Egypt, built for the official Reherishefnakht at the end of the 11th Dynasty.
Pyramid of Sahure
The Pyramid of Sahure is a royal funerary pyramid at Abusir, Egypt, built for Sahure, second king of the Fifth Dynasty, whose complex set the design model for later dynasties.
Pyramid of Seila
The Pyramid of Seila is a small Old Kingdom step pyramid at the Faiyum oasis in Egypt, the largest of seven provincial step pyramids, attributed to Snefru.
Pyramid of Senusret I
The Pyramid of Senusret I, also called the Pyramid of Sesostris I, is a Twelfth Dynasty royal pyramid at Lisht South, Egypt, built for king Senusret I.
Pyramid of Senusret II
The Pyramid of Senusret II, also called the El-Lahun pyramid, is the mudbrick funerary pyramid of Senusret II, fourth king of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, at el-Lahun near the Fayum.
Pyramid of Senusret III
The Pyramid of Senusret III, also known as the Pyramid of Sesostris III, is a ruined Twelfth Dynasty royal pyramid at Dahshur, Egypt, built around 1870 B.C.
Pyramid of Sesheshet
The Pyramid of Sesheshet is a queen's pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt, attributed to Sesheshet, mother of King Teti, and identified in excavations announced in 2008.
Pyramid of Taharqa (Nuri)
The Pyramid of Taharqa at Nuri is the tomb pyramid of the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa (690–664 BC), the first and largest pyramid at Nuri in northern Sudan.
Pyramid of Teti
The Pyramid of Teti is the funerary pyramid of Teti, first king of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, at Saqqara, with inscribed Pyramid Texts in its burial chamber.
Pyramid of the Sun
Pyramid of the Sun (Pirámide del Sol), largest structure at Teotihuacan, Mexico: about 65 m high, 224 m base, ritual state temple with an artificial sacred cave beneath, dated A.D. 170–310.
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas, also known as the Pyramid of Unis, is the Saqqara tomb pyramid of Unas, last king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, and the first inscribed with the Pyramid Texts.
Pyramid of Userkaf
The Pyramid of Userkaf is the tomb pyramid of Userkaf, first king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, built at Saqqara beside Djoser's Step Pyramid complex around 2490 BC.
Pyramid scheme
Pyramid scheme: illegal business model where returns come mainly from recruiting new paying participants rather than product sales; contrasts with Ponzi schemes and legitimate multi-level marketing; mathematically certain to collapse.
Pyramid Texts
Pyramid Texts: Old Kingdom Egyptian funerary corpus inscribed in royal pyramid chambers from Unas's pyramid (c. 2350 BC), earliest substantial religious literature, ancestor of Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead.
Pyramid town
A pyramid town, or niwt mr, was a settlement of Old Kingdom Egypt founded near a royal pyramid to house and provision the dead king's funerary cult.
Pyramid wavefront sensor
The pyramid wavefront sensor (PWFS) is an adaptive optics wavefront sensor invented by Roberto Ragazzoni in 1996, using a four-sided pyramidal prism to split light into four pupil images.
Pyramid-complex of Senusret III
Pyramid complex of Senusret III (Senwosret III), Twelfth Dynasty royal funerary monument at Dahshur, Egypt: mud-brick pyramid cased in limestone, six queens' pyramids, South Temple, Dahshur treasure, and a probable Abydos burial.
Pyramidal cell
Pyramidal cell (pyramidal neuron): excitatory projection neuron of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus with pyramid-shaped soma, apical dendrite toward the pial surface, spiny dendrites, and a base-originating axon; the most common cortical neuron.