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unusual facts about Step pyramid


Step pyramid

The largest earthen work step pyramid of this type in North America is Monk's Mound, located in present-day Cahokia, Illinois.


Inykhnum

These artifacts were found beneath the step pyramid in the eastern galeries of the necropolis of pharaoh Djoser (3rd dynasty) at Saqqara and in the great fort Shunet el-Zebib of king Khasekhemwy (end of 2nd dynasty) at Abydos.


see also

Khaba

Rainer Stadelmann, Nicolas Grimal, Wolfgang Helck and Toby Wilkinson point to a step pyramid at Zawyet el'Aryan, called the Layer Pyramid.