Ameni Qemau pyramid

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Ameni Qemau pyramid
Plan-complexe-ameni-kemaou copie.jpg
Data
place Dahshur
builder Ameni Qemau
construction time around 1745 BC Chr.
Type Mud brick pyramid
Building material Adobe bricks
Base dimension approx. 52 m
Cult pyramid No
The substructure

The remains of the ancient Egyptian Ameni Qemau pyramid (also Ameny Qemau ) are in Dahshur . It was made around 1745 BC. Erected from adobe bricks, but may never be completed. The ruler is not known from any other sources.

Location

The kings of the 13th dynasty (1781–1650 BC) were all buried in the greater area from Saqqara south in the north to Masghuna in the south. Numerous pyramids from this period could be found in this area, but most of them could not be assigned to any pharaoh to this day . An exception is the pyramid of Ameni Qemau , whose name can still be found on the canopic jugs that were found in the burial chamber.

exploration

The pyramid was first mentioned by the Arab historian Al-Maqrizi (* 1364; † 1442) in his manuscript Geography and History of Egypt , the date of which is not known. In it he speaks of the "Pyramids of Dahshur".

In modern times , the pyramid was discovered and excavated in 1957 by Charles Arthur Musès in Dahshur south of Saqqara in the royal cemetery. The superstructure was already largely destroyed due to stone robbery. The access to the pyramid was in the east and led through a corridor that bent twice with several locking devices into the burial chamber .

In the monolithic stone sarcophagus , a cavity for the mummy and the canopic box were carved. The sarcophagus had been broken open and contained only a few unidentifiable remains of bone. The canopic jugs made of alabaster were smashed but could be put back together again. Musès found the name of Pharaoh Ameni Qemau on them, which means that the pyramid could be assigned to him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charles Arthur Musès: The king pyramid of Ameny-Qemau. Pp. 1-3.

literature

  • Gustave Jéquier : Les pyramides des reines Neit et Apouit (= Fouilles à Saqqarah. ). Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Cairo 1933 ( online ).
  • Mark Lehner : The Secret of the Pyramids. ECON, Düsseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-572-01039-X , p. 184.
  • Charles Arthur Musès : The royal pyramid of Ameny-Qemau. The unpublished story of their discovery. Kemet-Verlag, Berlin 1998 (?), OCLC number: 66571794.
  • Charles Arthur Musès: Systemic stability and cybernetic control; an introduction to the cybernetics of higher integrated behavior (= Quaderni de La Ricerca scientifica. Volume 18). Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Rome 1964.
  • Rainer Stadelmann : The Egyptian pyramids. From brick construction to the wonder of the world (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 30). 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-1142-7 , p. 252.
  • Nabil Muhamed Abdel Swelim , Aidan Dodson: On the Pyramid of Ameny-Qemau and its Canopic Equipment. In: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department. (MDAIK) Volume 54, 1998, pp. 319-334 ( PDF; 1.94 MB ).
  • Miroslav Verner : The pyramids (= rororo non-fiction book. Volume 60890). Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-60890-1 , pp. 479-80.

Web links

Commons : Ameni-Qemau-Pyramid  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 29 ° 46 ′ 54 ″  N , 31 ° 13 ′ 17 ″  E