Djedefre Pyramid | Abu Rawash | Egypt
Djedefre Pyramid | Abu Rawash | Egypt
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Djedefre Pyramid | Abu Rawash
ABU- Rawash, located in the continuation of Gebel el-Ghigiga. The western fringe of the Nile Valley (30°2'N,3l°4'E). The archaeological area of Abu Rowash, which belongs to the very northern part of the necropolis at Memphis, joins various sites together which date back to the Early Dynastic period, to the Coptic period.
This site is unfinished funerary complex of the forth dynasty ruler “Djedefra” (2566_2558 BC), the ancient name for which was Djedefra is a sehedu star.
The king rained for about 8 years. This pyramid is very ruined condition today. The pyramid itself has a massive 49m channel cut into the bedrock to a 20m deep shaft. Djedefra’s cartouche was found in the burial chamber. That’s why we have said that this pyramid was built by him and was built out of lime stone.
The blocks of limestone, typical building blocks of the Giza tombs, were here angled towards the centre of the pyramid.The funerary complex of Djedefra, the third ruler of the fourth dynasty tc.2584—2576 BCE) was built at the top of this escarpment, on the plateau of Giza. The location of this pyramid has been known since the nineteenth century.
Between 1900 and 1902, Emile Chassinat discovered the remains of` a funerary settlement, a boat pit, and numerous statuary fragments that had the name of Didoufri (an early reading of (Djedefra), which allowed for the identification of the tombs owner ln 1912 and 1913. This site of the unfinished funerary complex of the forth dynasty ruler Djedefra (2566_2558 BC),the ancient name for which was Djedefra is a sehedu star.
The mortuary temple on the east side of the pyramid and a large boat pit to the south were both excavated by Emile Chassinat in 1901. The boat pit contained many fragments of red quartzite statuary, including three painted heads from statues of Djedefra. One of which was probably from the earliest known royal sphinx.
To the north of the pyramid is wadi Quran site of the still unexcavated valley temple. As well as a number of remains of a much later date including part of a statue of Queen Arsinoe II, sister and wife of “PTOLEMY II”.
To the east of the pyramid complex is an Old kingdom cemetery, which was excavated .About two kilometers to the south are the remains of at brick-built Pyramid, comprising a knoll of rock and a burial chamber. This pyramid, the date of which is unknown, was still relatively well preserved when it was recorded in the early nineteenth century by the Germans.
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The Pyramid Of Djedefre - Monuments of Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egypt Documentary 2017
The Pyramid Of Djedefre - Monuments of Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egypt Documentary 2017. The pyramid of Djedefre (fourth dynasty, Old Kingdom) at Abu Rawash is roughly comparable in size with the pyramid of Menkaure, the third largest pyramid at Giza. The pyramid complex includes most of the standard features of the time: the main pyramid; satellite pyramid; mortuary temple; boat pit; enclosure wall; and causeway. However, no trace of a valley temple has been discovered to date.
The main pyramid was built on a rocky outcrop and was constructed in stone. He echoed third dynasty building techniques (e.g. the Step Pyramid of Djoser) by excavating a trench in the north wall which descends to meet a vertical shaft instead of building a pyramid and then cutting into the bedrock to create a chamber. A foundation deposit was buried in the descending corridor which included a copper axe blade.
The corridor leads to the antechamber and burial chamber where a fragment of pink granite was thought to have been part of the king's sarcophagus.There is a niche in the east wall of the pyramid core which may have held the false door.
The lower layers of cladding were pink granite but it is thought that stone cladding was used on the upper courses. Because the slope of the cladding seems quite steep it was once thought that the pyramid had been planned as a step pyramid. However, it is now agreed that the blocks forming the casing to the pyramid were set at an angle to curve inwards as they rise and so the slope was around fifty degrees making it more likely that it was a true pyramid.
Only a few courses of masonry of the main pyramid are still in place. For some time it was thought that this pyramid was unfinished because of its ruined state but it is now agreed that it was in fact completed and its current state is in part because it was used as a quarry and military base during the Roman period. More recently a military camp was located at the site which has also been damaged by developers working in nearby Cairo.