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.‫الد م مابة وا نام و لا وم م ناا منحو ي الص ر‬
‫وشيد س م – المعسد الجناب إلى الشماا مم رمي و ى ذلأ أتساعاا لسني‬
‫سلفي ن ر ونيراا لاسرت دامي ري العصرور التاليرة كمحجرر أنري لرم يتسرق إلا سعرض‬
‫أحجرار صليلرة لا تعطينرا صرورة كاملرة عرم الت طريط المعمرار الرذ أتسرل ري تشرييد‬

. ‫المعسد الجناب‬
‫وأحاط سمجموعرة سر م – ر سرور ضر م مرم الحجرر الجيرر يتمير سوجرود‬

.‫جوا منتيمة‬
Pyramid Complex of Sekhemkhet

Sekhemkhet (Djeserty) was the successor to Djoser, whose
Step Pyramid at Saqqara is known. Sekhemkhet ruled for only 6
years, and his pyramid, which may have been intended to be
larger than that of Djoser, never rose much above ground level.
For this reason the monument is known as the "Buried Pyramid"
and it is located to the south-west of the Unas complex.

Sekhemkhet's previously unknown structure was
excavated in the 1950s by Zakaria Goneim an Egyptian
archaeologist who had become interested in the mysterious
rectangular shape in the desert while he was excavating at the
Unas complex. He first discovered a section of a white limestone
enclosure wall (the whole perimeter wall measures
approximately 500m by 185m) the wall, which had later been
extended on the northern and southern sides, had niches and false
doors similar to the enclosure wall of the step pyramid, and is
very well-preserved. Also found on a block in the enclosure wall
was a mason's inscription in red ink which includes the name of
lmhotep, Djoser's architect.

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