Northern Mazghuna pyramid

Northern Mazghuna pyramid
Sobekneferu(?), 12th Dynasty(?)
Coordinates29°46′3″N 31°13′15″E / 29.76750°N 31.22083°E / 29.76750; 31.22083
Ancient nameMazghuna
Constructed12th or 13th Dynasty
TypeTrue pyramid
Base52.5 m (172 ft)
Northern Mazghuna pyramid is located in Egypt
Northern Mazghuna pyramid
Architectural structure of the Northern Mazghuna pyramid

The Northern Mazghuna Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb which was built during the 12th or 13th Dynasty in Mazghuna, 5 km south of Dahshur. The building remained unfinished, and it is still unknown which pharaoh was really intended to be buried here since no appropriate inscription has been found.

The pyramid was rediscovered in 1910 by Ernest Mackay and excavated in the following year by Flinders Petrie.[1]

  1. ^ Flinders Petrie, G. A. Wainwright, E. Mackay: The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh, London 1912, available online.