Paradoxically,
the materials and methods of construction
used in the earliest pyramids have ensured
their survival in a generally much better
state of preservation than is the case
with the pyramid monuments of later pharaohs.
The number of pyramid structures in Egypt
today is reported by most sources as being
between 80 and 110, with a majority favouring
the higher number. The reason for the
imprecise nature of the count appears
related to the fact that as many smaller
pyramids are in a poor state of preservation
and appear as little more than mounds
of rubble, they are only now being properly
identified and studied by archaeologists.
Most are grouped in a number of pyramid
fields, the most important of which are
listed geographically, from north to south,
below. The ruined Pyramid of DjedefreAbu
Rawash is the site of Egypt's most northerly
pyramid other than the ruins of Lepsius
pyramid number one — the mostly
ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the son and
successor of Khufu.
Paradoxically,
the materials and methods of construction
used in the earliest pyramids have ensured
their survival in a generally much better
state of preservation than is the case
with the pyramid monuments of later pharaohs.
The number of pyramid structures in Egypt
today is reported by most sources as being
between 80 and 110, with a majority favouring
the higher number. The reason for the
imprecise nature of the count appears
related to the fact that as many smaller
pyramids are in a poor state of preservation
and appear as little more than mounds
of rubble, they are only now being properly
identified and studied by archaeologists.
Most are grouped in a number of pyramid
fields, the most important of which are
listed geographically, from north to south,
below. The ruined Pyramid of DjedefreAbu
Rawash is the site of Egypt's most northerly
pyramid other than the ruins of Lepsius
pyramid number one — the mostly
ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the son and
successor of Khufu.
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