Double Pyramid
| Double Pyramid / Lepsius XXV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The pyramid in 2008 | |||||
| Coordinates | 29°53′35″N 31°12′11″E / 29.89306°N 31.20306°E | ||||
| Ancient name | rś mrwj Res Merwy The Two [Pyramids] are Watchful | ||||
| Constructed | c. 2430 BC | ||||
| Type | mastaba or pyramid base | ||||
| Material | limestone | ||||
| Height | 6 meters | ||||
| Base | 1: 27.7 m × 21.53 m 2: 21.7 m × 15.7 m | ||||
| Slope | 78° | ||||
The Double Pyramid, also known as Lepsius XXV, designates a pair of adjacent monuments located on the south-eastern edge of the Abusir necropolis, south of the pyramid Lepsius XXIV and of the pyramid of Khentkaus II. The pair of monuments was built during the mid-Fifth Dynasty, likely during Nyuserre Ini's reign, for two female members of the extended royal family.
Because of its unique architectural characteristics, such as the absence of mortuary temple, a funerary chapel located inside the monument superstructure and a north-south descending corridor to the burial chamber, the monument is seen as a distinct type of Ancient Egyptian tomb, called a "double pyramid" by the Egyptologist Miroslav Verner. This conclusion is debated, with the Egyptologist Dušan Magdolen arguing that it is simply a double mastaba.