Double Pyramid

Double Pyramid / Lepsius XXV
Remains of the eastern tomb
Ancient name
D6O24O24

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Res Merwy
The Two [Pyramids] are Watchful
Constructed5th Dynasty ?
TypeDouble pyramid ?
Materiallimestone
Height6 m (current)
Base1: 27,70 m × 21,53 m
2: 21,70 m × 15,70 m
Slope78°

The Double Pyramid, also known as Lepsius XXV, designates a pair of adjacent monuments located on the south-eastern edge of the Abusir necropolis, south of the pyramid Lepsius XXIV and of the pyramid of Khentkaus II. The pair of monuments was built during the mid-Fifth Dynasty, likely during Nyuserre Ini's reign, for two female members of the extended royal family.

Because of its unique architectural characteristics, such as the absence of mortuary temple, a funerary chapel located inside the monument superstructure and a north-south descending corridor to the burial chamber, the monument is seen as a distinct type of Ancient Egyptian tomb, called a "double pyramid" by the Egyptologist Miroslav Verner. This conclusion is debated, with the Egyptologist Dušan Magdolen arguing that it is simply a double mastaba.


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