Abusir


At Abusir we find a group of tree piramids built by the pharaohs from the 5th dynasty, Sahure, Niuserre and Neferirkare.

All piramids were quite smaller than those at Gizeh and of lesser quality. Also they suffered a great ordeal by the robbers who looked for stone and other materials to use for new monuments, since the quaries were almost exhausted.


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Last updated 15 March 2004 by Paul Biesta