Talking Pyramids

Pepi II's Pyramid

Name of Pyramid:

‘Pepi is Established and Living’

Period: 2246-2152 BC, 6th Dynasty

Dimensions:
Base: 78.75 metres
Height: 52.5 metres
Volume: 107 835 cubic metres
Slope: 52 deg 7′ 48″
Location: 29.840213, 31.213664

Status: Closed.

The Pyramid of Pepi II
Pepi II’s pyramid is strange in that is has a huge girdle around the pyramid. On the southern end of the east side of the pyramid is a satellite pyramid. Interestingly, the three queens’ pyramids all have thier own satellite pyramid and they are all located in the same position.

Pepi II’s queens
Three queens’ pyramids surround Pepi II’s pyramid.

Queen Iput II
Situated on the north-east corner of Pepi II’s pyramid is that of his queen Iput II. It had it’s own small obelisks at the enclosure entrance, vestible and court, inner offering temple and magazines.

Queen Neith
Daughter of Pepi I, Neith was also the wife of Pepi II.
Base: 24 metres
Slope: 61 deg

Queen Wedjebten
Daughter of Pepi I, and wife of Pepi II. Udjebten’s pyramid is located on the southeast corner of Pepi’s enclosure wall.

The ground plan is much like the pyramids of Pepi II’s other queens although her pyramid has no serdab connected to the antechamber. Like the other queen’s pyramids the walls of the of the sarcophagus chamber was inscribed with the Pryamid Texts.

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