Niuserre - Pyramid, Solar Sanctuary

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Pyramid of Nuiserre

Original name: The sites of Niuserre persist
Original height: 52 m / 173 ft.
Base length: 81 m / 270 ft.
Angle of inclination 51° 50' 35"
Date of construction: 5th dynasty

Niusserre took the causeway and the valley temple of the neighboring pyramid of Neferirkare and used it as a part of his own burial site.


Solar Sanctuary

The sanctuary consisted of an entrance hall that was leading to a court of 100x75 m / 330x250 ft. in size which was surrounded by a stone wall. In the middle of the courtyard stood a huge obelisk, a stone that looked like the modern-day Washington Monument. The obelisk was the cultic symbol for Re, the sun-god.


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