Haram el-Shawaf

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29°51′04″N 31°13′15″E / 29.85111, 31.22083

Haram el-Shawaf
Arabic: حرم الشواف (The Sentinel)
Djedkare Isesi
Ancient Name Beautiful is Djedkare-Isesi
Constructed 5th Dynasty
Type True pyramid (ruined)
Base 78.60 metres
Slope 52°
Palmiform column from the pyramid complex
Palmiform column from the pyramid complex

Haram el-Shawaf (Arabic: حرم الشواف) (The Sentinel), located in south Saqqara in Egypt, is a pyramid complex built by Djedkare Isesi and was originally called Beautiful is Djedkare-Isesi. The complex includes the main pyramid, a satellite pyramid and an associated pyramid which is probably that of his unnamed consort, and is hence known as The Pyramid of the Unknown Queen.[1]

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