Unfinished pyramid of Sekhemkhet

Maps > Unfinished pyramid of Sekhemkhet

Unfinished pyramid of Sekhemkhet


No Thumbnail


No Thumbnail
Google Maps Google Maps Live Maps Live Maps Yahoo Maps Yahoo Maps
By: kjfitz @ 2005-09-28 12:49:56
Description: The unfinished pyramid of Sekhemkhet is located just southwest of the pyramid of Unas. It appears today has a trench partly filled with sand. Some of the superstructure still remains. The perimeter wall, in a palace facade motif can also be seen just north of the trench. The pyramid was discovered by Egyptian Egyptologist Zakaria Goneim in 1950. A scandal erupted in the late 1950's, in the end Goneim committed suicide. On that same day Lauer found the object in the Cairo museum that Goneim supposedly stole. A very tragic ending to one of the most important discoveries of the Old Kingdom.
More Info: egyptphoto.ncf.ca
Location: Saqqara, Egypt (EG)
@ 29.86633500, 31.21349900
Views: 143
Rating: Rate as 1 Rate as 2 Rate as 3 Rate as 4 Rate as 5 Rate as 6 Rate as 7 Rate as 8 Rate as 9 Rate as 10 3.0 (4 votes)

Categories

Download
Tell
 + My Favorites 
 Email This Map 
Share
    Your Pics    
   Your Story   
Update Imagery
 Google Imagery 
  Live Imagery  
  Yahoo Imagery  

Nearby Maps (50 km): (64)
  1. Pyramid of Unas (0.3km)
  2. Stepped Pyramid of Djoser (0.6km)
  3. Great Enclosure (Gisr el-Mudir) (0.7km)
  4. Pyramid of Userkaf (1km)
  5. Pyramid of Teti (1.3km)
  6. Pyramid complex of Pepi I (1.4km)
  7. City of the Dead (Archaic Tombs) (1.5km)
  8. Remains of the pyramid of Merenre I (1.8km)
  9. Pyramid of Djedkare (1.8km)
  10. Pyramid of Ibi (2.8km)
54 more...



Post a Comment: (Policies)

Please log in if you don't want to post anonymously (anonymous users cannot post links)

Name: Anonymous
Comment:
Anti-Spam Code: Please enter the code below:
Please enable images and enter code to post
Pre-Caching Vote image

Contact Admins | Policies | XHTML 1.0 | CSS 2 | Silk Icons | Hosted by ServerBeach | 25 queries | cache 3h 0m | 13ms