Lepsius pyramids list

Karl Richard Lepsius

The Lepsius pyramid list comes from Karl Richard Lepsius .

Lepsius made a list of all the monuments in Egypt , which he identified as pyramids , when evaluating his expedition to Egypt (1842-1845) . He published this list in his main work Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia (1849-1859).

When compiling the list, he numbered the structures geographically sorted from north to south, with Abu Roasch being the northernmost and Hawara being the southernmost. The numbering was done in Roman numerals .

Not all objects that Lepsius cataloged as pyramids turned out to be such on closer examination. Some are sun temples , mastabas or other massive structures of pyramid complexes, others could not be identified in later investigations.

Some of the buildings that could not be attributed to any builder are still identified with their number from Lepsius' list (e.g. Lepsius-I-Pyramid , Lepsius-XXIV-Pyramid , Lepsius-XXV-Pyramid , Lepsius-L-Pyramid ).

Pyramid list

Objects that are no longer considered a pyramid or can no longer be identified are highlighted in gray.
Objects that are only known today under the Lepsius number are shown in italics

List entry	place	Today's name of the property
I.	Abu Roasch	Lepsius I pyramid
II	Abu Roasch	Radjedef pyramid
III	Abu Roasch	Queen's pyramid (?) Of the Radjedef pyramid

IV	Giza	Cheops pyramid
V	Giza	Queen's pyramid G-Ia
VI	Giza	Queen pyramid G-Ib
VII	Giza	Queen pyramid G-Ic
VIII	Giza	Chephren pyramid
IX	Giza	Mykerinos pyramid
X	Giza	Queen's pyramid G-IIIc
XI	Giza	Queen pyramid G-IIIb
XII	Giza	Queen pyramid G-IIIa

XIII	Saujet el-Arjan	Baka pyramid
XIV	Saujet el-Arjan	Chaba pyramid

XV	Abu Gorab	Sun sanctuary of Niuserre (originally "Pyramid of Righa" )

XVI	Abusir	Unidentified brick pyramid
XVII	Abusir	Sun sanctuary of Userkaf
XVIII	Abusir	Sahure pyramid
XIX	Abusir	Mastaba of Ptahsheps
XX	Abusir	Niuserre pyramid
XXI	Abusir	Neferirkare pyramid
XXII	Abusir	Unknown structure
XXIII	Abusir	Unknown structure
XXIV	Abusir	Lepsius XXIV pyramid
XXV	Abusir	Lepsius XXV pyramid
XXVI	Abusir	Raneferef pyramid
XXVII	Abusir	Shaft grave
XXVIII	Abusir	Unfinished pyramid (?)

XXIX	Saqqara	Lepsius XXIX pyramid ("The headless pyramid")
XXX	Saqqara	Teti pyramid
XXXI	Saqqara	Userkaf pyramid
XXXII	Saqqara	Djoser pyramid
XXXIII	Saqqara	Djoser's north pavilion
XXXIV	Saqqara	Djoser's south pavilion
XXXV	Saqqara	Unas pyramid
XXXVI	Saqqara	Pepi I pyramid
XXXVII	Saqqara	Djedkare pyramid
XXXVIII	Saqqara	Side pyramid of the Djedkare pyramid
XXXIX	Saqqara	Merenre pyramid
XL	Saqqara	Ibi pyramid
XLI	Saqqara	Pepi II pyramid
XLII	Saqqara	Secondary pyramid of the Pepi II pyramid
XLIII	Saqqara	Mastaba of Sheepseskaf
XLIV	Saqqara	Chendjer pyramid
XLV	Saqqara	Mastaba complex, 13th Dynasty
XLVI	Saqqara	South pyramid of Saqqara-South

XLVII	Dahshur	Sesostris III pyramid
XLVIII	Dahshur	South-eastern queen pyramid of the Sesostris III pyramid
XLIX	Dahshur	Red pyramid
L.	Dahshur	Lepsius L pyramid
LI	Dahshur	Amenemhet II pyramid
LII	Dahshur	Pylon of the Amenemhet II complex
LIII	Dahshur	Pylon of the Amenemhet II complex
LIV	Dahshur	Central Dahshur pyramid
LV	Dahshur	Mastaba of the Siese
LVI	Dahshur	Buckling pyramid
LVII	Dahshur	Secondary pyramid of the bent pyramid
LVIII	Dahshur	Amenemhet III pyramid
LVIX	Dahshur	Northern pyramid of Masghuna

LX	El-Lischt	Amenemhet I pyramid
LXI	El-Lischt	Sesostris I pyramid
LXII	El-Lischt	Mastaba (unknown builder)
LXIII	El-Lischt	Mastaba of Sesostrisanch
LXIV	El-Lischt	Mastaba, maybe of a Sesostris

LXV	Meidum	Meidum pyramid

LXVI	El-Lahun	Sesostris II pyramid

LXVII	Hawara	Hawara pyramid

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The objects listed above are drawn on the maps that Lepsius made of the necropolis. The order is arranged from north to south as in the table above.

Abu Roasch
Giza
Saujet el-Arjan and Abusir
Saqqara
Saqqara south
Daschur
El Lisch
Meidum and El-Lahun
Hawara

literature

Karl Richard Lepsius : Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia. Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1849, ( digitized version ).
Christoffer Theis : A concordance of the pyramids mentioned by Karl Richard Lepsius. In: Göttinger Miszellen (GM), Heft 220, Göttingen 2009, pp. 99–115.

Individual evidence

^ Dieter Arnold : Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. Pp. 13-24, pls. 2-7, 9-25, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.
^ Dieter Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. Pp. 24-26, pls. 26-31, pl. pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.

Remarks

↑ This building, described by Karl Richard Lepsius as a stone pyramid 75 meters long, may be one of the previously undiscovered sun shrines . See Ladislav Bares : A Note to the Thirteenth Dynasty at Abusir. In: Varia Aegyptiaca (VA), 4 (1988) , ISSN 0887-4026 , pp. 118f.
↑ This building may be a natural hill, cf. Ladislav Bares: A Note to the Thirteenth Dynasty at Abusir. In: Varia Aegyptiaca (VA), 4 (1988) , pp. 118f / note 8.
↑ The former owner was perhaps called Antef; Dieter Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-58839-194-0 , pp. 26-30, pls. 35-37, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.

[4] Dieter Arnold : Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. Pp. 13-24, pls. 2-7, 9-25, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.

[5] Dieter Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. Pp. 24-26, pls. 26-31, pl. pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.

[1] This building, described by Karl Richard Lepsius as a stone pyramid 75 meters long, may be one of the previously undiscovered sun shrines . See Ladislav Bares : A Note to the Thirteenth Dynasty at Abusir. In: Varia Aegyptiaca (VA), 4 (1988) , ISSN 0887-4026 , pp. 118f.

[2] This building may be a natural hill, cf. Ladislav Bares: A Note to the Thirteenth Dynasty at Abusir. In: Varia Aegyptiaca (VA), 4 (1988) , pp. 118f / note 8.

[3] The former owner was perhaps called Antef; Dieter Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-58839-194-0 , pp. 26-30, pls. 35-37, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133.