| Pyramid of Ameny Qemau | |
| Owner: | Ameny Qemau |
| Date: | c. 1790 BC |
| Type: | True pyramid, now ruined |
| Height: | 35m (115feet) |
| Base: | 52m (171feet) |
| Coords: | 29.7817°N 31.2214°W |
The pyramid of Ameny Qemau is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located in southern Dahshur. It was constructed for Ameny Qemau, a obscure king of the 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.[1]
The stone constituting its upper structure has been entirely robbed but the damaged substructures remain. The pyramid was discovered by Charles Arthur Musès in 1957 and excavated in 1968. The pyramid originally stood 35m (115feet) high with a base length of 52m (171feet). The burial chamber comprised from a single colossal block of quartzite similar to that of Amenemhat III, with receptacles for the sarcophagus and the canopic jars hewn out of the interior of the block.[2]
The earliest known historical mention of the pyramid of Ameny Qemau is found in the book of the medieval Arab historian Taqi al-Din Ahmad Al-Maqrizi "Geography and History of Egypt"[3] where Al-Maqrizi describes the "pyramids of Dashur".
The pyramid of Ameny Qemau was rediscovered in 1957 by a team led by Charles Arthur Musès.[4] In 1968, Vito Maragioglio and Celeste Rinaldi investigated the architecture of the pyramid.[5] More recently, the remains of the funerary equipment of the king were published by Nabil Swelim and Aidan Dodson.[6]