Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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tags:
pyramid,
extant remains
The Pyramid of Sekhemkhet, also known as "The Buried Pyramid", is an unfinished step pyramid at Saqqara that was begun ca. 2645 B.C. for Sekhemkhet Djoserty.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/154462177
29.8661529394, 31.2136320778
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Sekhemkhet's Step Pyramid (2670 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Buried Pyramid (English, modern)
- Pyramid of Sekhemkhet located at Saqqarah (unspecified date range)
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pyramid
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Sekhemkhet Djoserty was the second pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and reigned ca. 2686–2613 B.C.
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pyramid of Sekhemkhet: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/154462177> [accessed: 18 March 2025]
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