Mazghuna (also known as Al Mazghunah or Al-Muzghumah), 5 km to the south of Dahshur, is the site of several mudbrick pyramids dating from the 12th Dynasty. The area was explored by Ernest Mackay in 1910, and was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1911. Amenemhat IV and Sobekneferu have been suggested as the owners of two unfinished pyramids at Mazghuna, but there is no conclusive evidence of this. The southern pyramid is about 3 miles from Sneferu's Bent pyramid. The base was 52.5 meters square but it was never finished. The outer burial chamber contains an inner monolithic burial vault made out of quartzite like the one for Amenemhat III at Hawara. There was a large granite plug ready to slide over the top however it was never used since no one was ever buried there.
Ruins of the southern pyramid
There was a second pyramid planned at north Mazghuna even larger than this one but the superstructure was never begun. There was a U-shaped passage leading to the burial chamber which contains another monolithic burial vault. There was scarcely 2 cm (less than 1 inch) clearance between the vault and the chamber. There was a 42-ton quartzite slab waiting to be slid over the burial chamber.[1]
mazghuna, also, known, muzghumah, south, dahshur, site, several, mudbrick, pyramids, dating, from, 12th, dynasty, area, explored, ernest, mackay, 1910, excavated, flinders, petrie, 1911, amenemhat, sobekneferu, have, been, suggested, owners, unfinished, pyrami. Mazghuna also known as Al Mazghunah or Al Muzghumah 5 km to the south of Dahshur is the site of several mudbrick pyramids dating from the 12th Dynasty The area was explored by Ernest Mackay in 1910 and was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1911 Amenemhat IV and Sobekneferu have been suggested as the owners of two unfinished pyramids at Mazghuna but there is no conclusive evidence of this The southern pyramid is about 3 miles from Sneferu s Bent pyramid The base was 52 5 meters square but it was never finished The outer burial chamber contains an inner monolithic burial vault made out of quartzite like the one for Amenemhat III at Hawara There was a large granite plug ready to slide over the top however it was never used since no one was ever buried there Ruins of the southern pyramid There was a second pyramid planned at north Mazghuna even larger than this one but the superstructure was never begun There was a U shaped passage leading to the burial chamber which contains another monolithic burial vault There was scarcely 2 cm less than 1 inch clearance between the vault and the chamber There was a 42 ton quartzite slab waiting to be slid over the burial chamber 1 Contents 1 In fiction 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksIn fiction editThe Amelia Peabody mystery The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters was set in Mazghuna See also editNorthern Mazghuna pyramid Southern Mazghuna pyramid List of megalithic sitesReferences edit Lehner Mark The Complete Pyramids London Thames and Hudson 1997 p 184 5 ISBN 0 500 05084 8 Further reading editW M F Petrie G A Wainwright E Mackay The Labyrinth Gerzeh and Mazghuneh London 1912External links editThe Muzghuna Pyramids 29 45 0 N 31 14 0 E 29 75000 N 31 23333 E 29 75000 31 23333 nbsp This article about subjects relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mazghuna amp oldid 1196145923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
