Seila Pyramid
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 02, 2023 03:01 PM
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History
A pyramid, originally approximately 23m in height, built by the fourth dynasty pharaoh Snefru. The function of the pyramid, which seems to have lacked an interior chamber, is uncertain.
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/640732795
29.382582, 31.053521
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Seila Pyramid (2670 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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pyramid, archaeological site
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Tom Elliott, 'Seila Pyramid: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/640732795> [accessed: 14 March 2025]
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