The Muzghuna Pyramids
The Pyramid of South Mazghuna had a base length of 52.5 m. Though it had a complicated substructure, the superstructure was never completed.
The South Mazghuna Pyramid - About
4.8 km south of Sneferu's Bent Pyramid, it was surrounded by a wavy wall
of the kind that we begin to see in earlier middle kingdom monuments. The
ruins of the pyramid, heavily damaged , were investigated by Ernest MacKay
in 1910. Whereas the mudbrick core can still be discerned, no trace of the
limestone casing has been found.. The inclination of the wall and the height
of the pyramid thus remain unknown. Presumably, it basically resembled the
pyramid at Hawara, though not in its dimensions. This view as well as as
well as the attribution the Amenemhet IV are based on the ground plan of
the substructure and the way the burial chamber was built. The entrance
to the underground part of the pyramid was on in the middle of the south
side.
The North Mazghuna Pyramid - As in the case of the South Mazghuna
Pyramid, the North Pyramid is attributed solely on the grounds of a few
bits of structural and archeological evidence to Queen Sobekneferu. She
reigned not quite four years, and her relationship to the previous rulers
has not determined with certainty. It is assumed that she was Amemmehet
III's daughter and the full or half sister- and possibly a consort- of Amemmehet
IV. The North Mazghuna Pyramid was larger than the South Pyramid, and the
plan of its substructure is more advanced from a typographical point of
view.. Although the pyramids substructure was completed, no one was buried
in it. Moreover, neither the pyramid's superstructures nor the complex as
a whole was ever completed
The Mazghuna Pyramids Index
The Mazghuna Pyramids
The North Mazghuna Pyramid (Sobekneferu?) ground plan.
The Pyramid of South Mazghuna
Amemmehet IV?
Height 52.5 m
Base unfinished
Volume 30,316c u. m
Slope ? °
Dynasty 13
Satellite Pyramids (?)
Queens Pyramids (?)
Ruled 12 years
The Pyramid North Mazghuna
Sobekneferu?
Height ? m
Base ?m
Volume ? cu. m
Slope ? °
Dynasty 13
Satellite Pyramids (?)
Queens Pyramids (?)
Ruled 4 years