Masghuna

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Masghuna ( Arabic مزغونة, DMG Mazġūna ; also Mazghuna ) is a modern place in Egypt and south of Dahshur about 30 km south of Cairo .

Archaeological importance

Remains of the southern pyramid of Masghuna

The British archaeologist Ernest Mackay excavated two pyramids here in 1910 . The two buildings, which were both still in their initial phases and therefore never completed, probably date to the 13th Dynasty (Second Intermediate Period).

The southern pyramid of Masghuna is mostly assigned to Amenemhet IV , while the northern pyramid of Masghuna is assigned to his sister Nofrusobek . Both identifications have not yet been proven.

literature

  • WMF Petrie, GA Wainwright, E. Mackay: The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh . London 1912.
  • Christian Hölzl: Mazghuna. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 474-75.

Coordinates: 29 ° 45 '  N , 31 ° 15'  E