Base length x Height

Pharaoh Ancient name Modern name Dynasty Site Volume (cu.m) Inclination & Notes Image
(m)

3rd
Step Pyramid of [1]
Djoser Hiemlender (c. 2686 – 2613 Saqqara 121w.x109d.x60h. 330,400
Djoser
BC)

33,600 [2]
Sekhemkhet unknown Buried Pyramid 3rd Saqqara 120sq.x7h.
(unfinished)

Khaba 47,040 (possibly [3]

unknown Layer Pyramid 3rd Zawyet el'Aryan 84sq.x20h.
(uncertain) unfinished)

638,733 (possibly
Sneferu Snefru endures Pyramid of Meidum 4th Meidum 144sq.x(N.A)h. 51° 50' 35"[4]
unfinished)

Snefru shines in
Sneferu Bent Pyramid 4th Dahshur 188sq.x105h. 1,237,040 54° 50' 35" /43° 22'[4]
the South

Snefru shines in
Sneferu Red Pyramid 4th Dahshur 220sq.x105h. 1,694,000 43° 22'
the North

The Great Pyramid of

Khufu Khufu's horizon 4th Giza 230.3sq.x146.6h. 2,583,283 51° 50' 40"[5]
Giza

106.2sq.x~N.Ah.
Djedefre's Starry 131,043
Djedefre Pyramid of Djedefre 4th Abu Rawash (Possibly not ~52°[4][6]
Sky (Unfinished)
completed)[6]

Unfinished Northern
Bikheris? 4th
Star of ..?..-Ka Pyramid of Zawyet Zawyet el'Aryan 200sq.x(N.A)h.[8] (Never built) [9]
Seth-Ka?[7] (uncertain)
el'Aryan

Khafra Khafra is great Pyramid of Khafre 4th Giza 215.25sq.x143.5h. 2,211,096 53°10'[4]

Menkaure Menkaure is divine Pyramid of Menkaure 4th Giza 103.4sq.x65.5h. 235,183 51°20′25″[10]

5th
The pure sites of
Userkaf Pyramid of Userkaf (c. 2498 – 2345 Saqqara 73.3sq.x49h. 87,906 53°7'48"[4]
Userkaf
BC)

The personality
Sahure (ba) of Sahure Pyramid of Sahure 5th Abusir 78.75sq.x47h. 96,542 50°11'40"[4]
appears

Personality (ba) of Pyramid of

Neferirkare Kakai 5th Abusir 105sq.x54h. 257,250 54°30'[11]
Neferirkare Neferirkare

The power of
Neferefre Pyramid of Neferefre 5th Abusir 65sq.x?h. (unfinished)
Neferefre is divine

Never built,
Unfinished pyramid
Shepseskare uncertain 5th Abusir 100sq. earthwork just –
of North Abusir
started

The seats of
Nyuserre Ini Niuserre will Pyramid of Nyuserre 5th Abusir 79.9sq.x51.68h. 112,632 51° 50' 35"[12]
endure

The divine places

Menkauhor Kaiu[13] Headless Pyramid 5th Saqqara c.52sq.x?h. n.d. n.d.
of Menkauhor

Djedkare Isesi Beautiful is Pyramid of Djedkare- 5th South Saqqara 78.75sq.x52.5h. c.107,835 52°[14]
Djedkare Isesi
 The places of
Unas Pyramid of Unas 5th North Saqqara 57.75sq.x43h. 47,390 56°[4]
Unas are beautiful

6th
The places of Teti
Teti Pyramid of Teti (c. 2345 – 2181 North Saqqara 78.5sq.x52.5h. 107,835 53° 7' 48"[15]
are enduring
BC)

The beauty of Pepi

Pepi I Pyramid of Pepi I 6th South Saqqara 78.75sq.x52.5h. c. 107,835 53° 7' 48"[16]
may endure

The beauty of
Merenre Pyramid of Merenre 6th South Saqqara 78.75sq.x52.5h. c. 107,835 57°7'48"
Merenre appears

Pepi is established
Pepi II Pyramid of Pepi II 6th South Saqqara 78.75sq.x52.5h. c.107,835 53° 7' 48"[5]
and living

Qakare Ibi unknown Pyramid of Ibi 8th South Saqqara 31.5sq.x21?h. 6,994? 53° 7′[17]

First
Khui unknown Pyramid of Khui Intermediate Dara 146w.x136d.x?h. n.d. n.d.[18]
Period

Unknown,
Flourishing are the
Merikare Pyramid of Merikare 10th possibly North n.d. n.d. n.d.[19]
abodes of Merikare
Saqqara

Amenemhat 12th
Pyramid of
Amenemhat I appears at his (c. 1991 – 1803 Lisht 84sq.x55h. 129,360 54° 27' 44"
Amenemhet I
place BC)

Senusret beholds
Senusret I Pyramid of Senusret I 12th Lisht 105sq.x61.25h. 225,093 49° 24'[20]
the two lands

Amenemhat is
Amenemhat II White Pyramid 12th Dahshur 50sq.x?h.
provided

Pyramid of Senusret Illahun (El-

Senusret II Senusret appears 12th 106sq.x48.6h. 185.665 42° 35'[21]
II Lahun)

Pyramid of Senusret
Senusret III unknown 12th Dahshur 105sq.x78h. 288,488 56° 18' 35"[22]
III

Amenemhat is Pyramid of
Amenemhat III 12th Dahshur 105sq.x75h. 274,625 56° 18' 35"
beautiful Amenemhat III

Amenemhat III Amenemhat lives Pyramid of Hawara 12th Hawara 105sq.xc. 58h. 200,158 48° 45'

Southern Mazghuna South

Amenemhat IV (?) unknown 12th or 13th 52.5sq.x?h.(unfinished) n.d. n.d.
pyramid Mazghuna

Sobekneferu (?) unknown Northern Mazghuna 12th or 13th North Mazghuna > 52.5sq.x?h. n.d. n.d.
pyramid (unfinished)
 Pyramid of Ameny 13th
Ameny Qemau unknown South Saqqara 52sq.x c. 35h. c 55°
Qemau (c. 1790 BC)

Ameny Qemau
(possibly usurped)[23] In the pyramid
unknown n.d. 13th Dahshur n.d. n.d. n.d.
was found a canopic box naming the
king's daughter Hatshepsut.

13th
Khendjer unknown Pyramid of Khendjer South Saqqara 52.5sq.x c. 37.35h. c. 34,300 55°[24]
(c. 1760 BC)

Southern South
unknown unknown 13th South Saqqara 78.75sq.x?h.(unfinished) n.d. n.d.
Saqqara pyramid

Likely to a pyramid, similar

13th
Likely Neferhotep I unknown Tomb S9 Abydos uncertain unknown to Khendjer's, but possibly
(c. 1740 BC)
a mastaba

Likely to a pyramid, similar

13th
Likely Sobekhotep IV unknown Tomb S10 Abydos uncertain unknown to Khendjer's, but possibly
(c. 1730 BC)
a mastaba

18th
Ahmose I unknown Pyramid of Ahmose (c. 1550 – 1292 Abydos 52.5sq.x c. 10h. n.d. 60°[25]
BC)

See also
◾ Lepsius list of pyramids
◾ List of the oldest buildings in the world

References and notes

1. The pyramid complex covers 37 acres (15 ha) and provides several cultic buildings. It is one of the best 10. Pyramid complex includes 3 queens pyramids.
preserved Old Kingdom royal cemeteries and hides several, huge underground mazes of niched corridors and 11. Originally built a stepped pyramid.
chambers.
12. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 1 or 2 queens pyramids.
2. Rediscovered in 1951 by Zakaria Goneim. Famous for its sarcophagus made of alabaster, which was found in
13. Reuters: Jonathan Wright: Eroded pyramid attributed to early pharaoh (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl
situ and sealed. Surprisingly, the sarcophagus was empty and possibly never in use.
et/story/RTGAM.20080605.wpyramid0605/BNStory/Science/home), 5 June 2008
3. The connection to king Khaba is disputed, since not a single artifact with any royal name was found in the
14. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 1 queens pyramid.
underground chambers.
15. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 2 queens pyramids.
4. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid.
16. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 5 queens pyramids.
5. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 3 queens pyramids.
17. Last pyramid built in Saqqara.
6. Vallogia, Michel (University of Geneva), Joanne Rowlands (University of Oxford), and Dr Zahi Hawass
(Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities) (23 June 2008). The Lost Pyramid (https:// 18. Unclear if it was a step pyramid or a giant mastaba.
web.archive.org/web/20090320211424/http://www.history.com/minisites/lostpyramid) (Television documentary). 19. Archaeologically attested, but still unidentified.
History. Archived from the original (http://www.history.com/minisites/lostpyramid) on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 20. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 9 queens pyramids.
12 December 2008. 21. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid or a queens pyramid.
7. For the problematic, see: Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten. Die 22. Pyramid complex includes 7 queens pyramids.
Zeitbestimmung der ägyptischen Geschichte von der Vorzeit bis 332 v. Chr. (= Münchner ägyptologische
23. Jarus, Owen (4 April 2017). "2nd Pyramid Bearing Pharaoh Ameny Qemau's Name Is Found" (http://www.lives
Studien, vol. 46). von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7, page 158.
cience.com/58531-second-pyramid-pharaoh-ameny-qemau-discovered.html). Live Science. Retrieved 8 April
8. Rainer Stadelmann: Die Ägyptischen Pyramiden: vom Ziegelbau zum Weltwunder ( = Kulturgeschichte der 2017.
antiken Welt, vol. 30). von Zabern, Mainz 185, ISBN 3805308558, p. 77, 140–145.
24. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and two enclosure walls.
9. Six ink inscriptions once contained a cartouche name, which remains illegible. There are dozens of different
25. Built as a cenotaph. It is the only royal pyramid in Abydos.
readings proposed by Egyptologists. See: Miroslav Verner: Archaeological Remarks on the 4th and 5th
Dynasty Chronology. In: Archiv Orientální, vol. 69. Praha 2001, page 363–418.

Bibliography
◾ Dunn, Christopher (2010). Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs. Bear & Company. ISBN 978-1591431022.
◾ Lehner, Mark (1997). The complete pyramids: solving the ancient mysteries (https://archive.org/details/completepyramids00lehn). New York City: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05084-8.

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