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Pyramid Meidum

Pyramid Meidum











King Bent completed construction of seven layers was left with only four
Pyramid is a link between the pyramids included in the Third Dynasty pyramid full in the Fourth Dynasty

Beni Suef: Mohammed Hussain
King Hona chosen, for the construction of his pyramid, which is destined to play an important role in the history of the evolution of the royal tombs in the old state. The construction of the pyramid of King Hona, the last king of the Third Dynasty "2599-2575 BC. M ", and utters some archaeologists named ho only, and make sure Archeologists from one of the papyri, he sat on the throne of power after King Neb Carew, and that it came to rule after him is the King Sneferu, founder of the Fourth Dynasty and the father of King Cheops, the owner of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Says Ahmed Fahmi Abdel-Fattah, director general of excavations Police effects of Beni Suef, The King Bent is the one who completed the construction of the pyramid of Meidum, and the pyramid was composed of seven degrees was left of them, only four currently, an increase of 45 meters and the entrance is located at an altitude of 20 meters from the surface of the earth, and leads to a long corridor length of 57 meters and then the burial chamber, and in the eastern side of the pyramid there is the mortuary temple, and the remnants of the causeway, which was up between the mortuary temple, the temple of the valley, according to Fahmi.

He adds Abdel Fattah, that the ancient Egyptians called the area MIDOM name "Marie was,", which includes the effects of several, such as the pyramid of Meidum, which completed the construction of King Sneferu, and tombs such as the famous terrace Rahotep and Novrt, and terrace Nfaramaat and came, which was found by drawing known as Oz MIDOM, shows Meidum pyramid, those approaching from the area, many kilometers Rada on the surface of the desert, a large tower on a hill high oversees around him.

According to Abdel-Fattah, the pyramid of Meidum, is the first form of the whole of the pyramid in the old times, where they first built a bench erected on the square, and the entrance of the North as usual, and has several paths eventually reach the burial chamber, which is located half below the surface of the ground, and the other half over it , and then added six layers, and in another novel seven layers of limestone inclination angle, until it became construction in the end, like the tower runway, covered with aspects of the terraces stone Jerry silky white, was a piece of rigid Tura, bringing its external appearance, such as the form of the pyramid full right, and the length of each side of the pyramid sides, is about 144 meters, and a height of 92 meters, leaving three degrees is a height of about 33 meters.

And refers director general of excavations in Beni Suef, that area MIDOM witnessed the birth of the first set of hierarchical available by elements hierarchical clustering during the Dynasties fourth, fifth and until the end of the Middle Kingdom, Fihrm MIDOM is a link between the pyramids included in the Third Dynasty pyramid full in the Fourth Dynasty, which thus represents an important stage in the evolution of the cemetery property, and the elements of the group consisting of the Valley Temple, which corresponds to the first visitor to the hierarchical group, and called the name of the bladders of agricultural land surrounding the Nile Valley or one of its branches.

Was found on the road rookie Hona dilapidated to a large extent, were also found on the stones indicated the presence of the walls of the road upside, and starts from the Temple of the valley in the east of the Group, and is heading to the West, where the mortuary temple, but was not detected for being under the agricultural land in the region.

For its part, said the dedication Ahmed Khalil, director of the Office of Tourism Activation of Beni Suef, the mortuary temple, a small building consisting of a room, and corridor free of inscriptions, but from writing graffiti in bold from the era of King Thutmose III of the Eighteenth Dynasty, recorded visit some people in the tomb Bent MIDOM.





She added that the temple is the first temple funeral praises in the eastern side of the pyramid, which is a new addition to the temples of the ancient state, and consists of this temple of the courtyard hews walls of the pyramid, and there in the yard offering table in the form of a sign Hotep, flanked by both sides of the plate of stone with summit round, followed by two halls consecutive terms, then the entrance caller road rookie, and in the hall first found Mkhrbashat because some of the old state, and the other of the modern state, most notably the inscription historian year 45 of the reign of Thutmose III of the writer (Amos news of Kara-SNP), and had come to the region , to see the beautiful temple Bent, was found on the roof of this temple in the state of conservation, and the fence surrounding the temple is simple.

And called on the architectural style of this pyramid, the name of the pyramid layered, which is different from Al-Ahram listed, and is considered a transitional stage to the pyramid is complete, and consists of the pyramid of the nucleus or tower in the center surrounded by four sides seven layers of limestone, each layer clothe from the outside stone Jerry good.

Explains Khalil that height of the pyramid when completed was 92 meters, and the length of the base 144 meters, and the angle of inclination 51, ​​and the entrance is located pyramid at an altitude of 30 meters from the surface of the earth, and leads to the vestibule bearish length of 57 meters, connects to the vestibule horizontal ends Bbhoen, then well vertical in the top we find the burial chamber and an area of ​​5.90 m × 2.65 m, and is located ground burial chamber at the level of the base of the pyramid and the roof of the chamber-style ceiling with grades which is called (Korbel), and consists of seven degrees, has been found by the remains of the ark of wood, also found on the wooden beams in the ceiling of the room, such as those used by Bent in the Dahshur pyramid, and in the southern side of the pyramid also found the remains of the pyramid or the pyramid south of worship. "

And what surrounds the pyramid from abroad, says Khalil The pyramid is surrounded by 22 terrace, especially with Emirs State at that time, and most importantly terrace No. 16 of Prince Nfrmat and his wife are you, a large terrace of brick covered with a layer of gravel appears in the walls Almchkaoat, and constructed compartment burial of limestone, and quoted all the inscriptions to museums in the world, and the most important painting "MIDOM of Oz", the existing Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

The sequence that Mastaba No. 17 comes in class the following important, which is building a large brick did not know the owner so far, and was told that the owner was a chief at King Hotep, where he found his coffin made ​​of red granite inside the terrace, but free of inscriptions, and Prince Ra Hotep, the author of the king and high priest of Ain ​​Shams, and his tomb Bmidom exist, and the most important of which is extracted, the limestone statue of the prince and his wife is in the prime of youth, was transferred to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Track area Meidum, Beni Suef governorate, though it was located at the entrance to the province of Fayoum, and about 45 kilometers from the Giza.

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