Mapping the Pyramids

The small provincial pyramids, built far away from the capital are a mystery. They do not show traces of burial chamber and may be symbolic monuments. 

•  “Coin nord-ouest du mastaba Faraoun à Saqqarah”  by Jon Bodsworth [Copyrighted free use]
•  "Pyramid Userkaf"  by  Moody Man  [ CC BY-NC 2.0 ]
•  “Djedkare-Isesi”  by Didia [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Pyramid of Teti” , Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
•  “Pyramid of Pepi I”  by R.F. Morgan [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Pyramid of Merenre, Saqqara”  by Wannabe Egyptologist [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Pepe II Pyramid”  by Jon Bodsworth [Copyrighted free use]
•  “Pyramid complex of Qakare Ibi”  by GDK [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Pyramide des Neferirkare Kakai (Westseite)”  by Aoswch (Axel Seedorff) [ CC BY-SA 2.0 DE ]
•  “Pyramid of Neferefre” , Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
•  "Abusir 037"  by  kairoinfo4u  [ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ]
•  “La pyramide de Sésostris III à Dahchour” , Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
•  “Vue de la tranchée de la pyramide sud de Mazghouna” , Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
•  “Plan de la pyramide d'Ameni kemaou à Dahchour” , by Franck Monnier [Public domain]
•  “Pyramid of Khendjer”  drawing by Franck Monnier [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Hawara Pyramid”  by Einsamer Schütze [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “The pyramid of Amenemhet I at Lisht”  by Jon Bodsworth [Copyrighted free use]
•  “Vue de la pyramide de Sésostris Ier à Licht”  by Jon Bodsworth [Copyrighted free use]
•  “Khaba's layer pyramid at Zawyet el'Aryan”  by Pottery Fan [ CC BY-SA ]
•  ”Zaiyat Maiyitin Pyramid , by Roland Unger [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ]
•  “Sekhemkhet pyramid at Saqqara”  by Pottery Fan [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ]
•  “Vue de la grande excavation de Zaouiet el-aryan”  drawing by Franck Monnier [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Layout of the pyramid of Khui.”  by GDK [ CC BY-SA ]
•  “Perring Vyse Pyramid of el-Kula” , Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
•  “Seila Pyramid North Side”  by Roland Unger [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ]

All other images by Victoria Almansa-Villatoro

For questions about this project, contact Victoria at victoria_almansa@brown.edu.