Meidum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 29, 2026 01:39 PM
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Meidum is located in the desert south of Cairo and is the site of numerous mudbrick mastabas and a pyramid.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736958
29.3886152, 31.15760245
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Meidum pyramid (2670 BC - 2168 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 16078 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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pyramid, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 E2 Meidum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Meidum
R. Müller Wollermann, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Meidum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736958> [accessed: 07 October 2026]
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