Red Pyramid

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Nicolas Souchon, Tom Elliott

Last modified May 28, 2025 10:59 AM

tags: pyramid, extant remains

The third pyramid built by Pharaoh Sneferu.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/412852520

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.8085513, 31.20624445

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location: Red Pyramid (2670 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Red Pyramid (English, modern)

Red Pyramid makes connections with:

Red Pyramid located at Takyris (unspecified date range)

Red Pyramid receives connections from:

None

Place type:
pyramid

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Related:

Wikidata Q135332: Red Pyramid

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Nicolas Souchon, and Tom Elliott, 'Red Pyramid: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/412852520> [accessed: 07 July 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/412852520 |title=Places: 412852520 (Red Pyramid) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=July 7, 2025 10:22 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}