Mazghuna
The Southern Mazghuna pyramid is about 3 miles from Sneferu's Bent pyramid. The base was 52.5 meters square but it was never finished. The outer burial chamber contains an inner monolithic burial vault made out of quartzite like the one for Amenemhat III at Hawara. There was a large granite plug ready to slide over the top however it was never used since no one was ever buried there.
The Northern Mazghuna pyramid was planned even larger than this one but the superstructure was never begun. There was a U-shaped passage leading to the burial chamber which contains another monolithic burial vault. There was scarcely 2 cm (less than 1 inch) clearance between the vault and the chamber. There was a 42-ton quartzite slab waiting to be slid over the burial chamber.
In fiction
The Amelia Peabody mystery The Mummy Case (by Elizabeth Peters) was set in Mazghuna.
See also
References
- ^ Lehner, Mark The Complete Pyramids, London: Thames and Hudson (1997)p.184-5 ISBN 0-500-05084-8.
Further reading
- W.M.F. Petrie, G.A. Wainwright, E. Mackay, The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh. London 1912
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