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Amenemhet Pyramid Lisht eg00912jhp Egypt el-Lisht pyramid Amenemhet 1 Fayoum royal women tomb shaft deep Middle Kingdom collapsed enclosure wall is one of the later built lower grade constructions from c1970BC situated 2km from his sons’, Senwosret 1, a uninspiring mound. Amenemhet’s construction was found to contain fragments and blocks from Saqqara and Giza pyramids and complexes thought to have been incorporated for spiritual reasons rather than stealing them. Situated near a canal, an offshoot of the Nile it is possible that construction material was transported by water. Little is left of his mortuary temple and the valley temple accessed by a causeway is under ground water level. Mastaba’s and 22 tomb shafts for the royal harem were found on the west side. This photo is of one of these shafts-apologies for the exposure on the foreground but one of the problems of slide film in the field, however the important part the construction of the shaft is shown clearly. Keywords: Egyptian, Egyptology, Saqqara, Fayoum, el-Lisht, Lisht, pyramids, pyramid, collapsed, archaeology, ancient, history, pharaoh, Middle, Kingdom, c1970BC, royal, tombs, death, burial, afterlife, Beir el-Libeini, Libayni, canal, harbour, al-Mataniyyah, temenos, wall, necropolis, Middle, Kingdom, Amenemhet 1, Amenemhat, Ammenemes, Senwosret 1, Saqqarah, granite, mortuary, temple, ceiling, stars, desert, escarpment, barren, entrance, ground, level, ground, water, blocked, enclosure, wall, mastabas, tomb, shaft, rock, hewn, deep, women, June, 2000, 35mm, Nikon, FM2, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, slide, film, scanned, format, landscape
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Amenemhet Pyramid Lisht eg00912jhp
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Egypt el-Lisht pyramid Amenemhet 1 Fayoum royal women tomb shaft

deep Middle Kingdom collapsed enclosure wall is one of the later built lower grade constructions from c1970BC situated 2km from his sons’, Senwosret 1, a uninspiring mound. Amenemhet’s construction was found to contain fragments and blocks from Saqqara and Giza pyramids and complexes thought to have been incorporated for spiritual reasons rather than stealing them. Situated near a canal, an offshoot of the Nile it is possible that construction material was transported by water. Little is left of his mortuary temple and the valley temple accessed by a causeway is under ground water level. Mastaba’s and 22 tomb shafts for the royal harem were found on the west side. This photo is of one of these shafts-apologies for the exposure on the foreground but one of the problems of slide film in the field, however the important part the construction of the shaft is shown clearly.
Keywords: Egyptian, Egyptology, Saqqara, Fayoum, el-Lisht, Lisht, pyramids, pyramid, collapsed, archaeology, ancient, history, pharaoh, Middle, Kingdom, c1970BC, royal, tombs, death, burial, afterlife, Beir el-Libeini, Libayni, canal, harbour, al-Mataniyyah, temenos, wall, necropolis, Middle, Kingdom, Amenemhet 1, Amenemhat, Ammenemes, Senwosret 1, Saqqarah, granite, mortuary, temple, ceiling, stars, desert, escarpment, barren, entrance, ground, level, ground, water, blocked, enclosure, wall, mastabas, tomb, shaft, rock, hewn, deep, women, June, 2000, 35mm, Nikon, FM2, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, slide, film, scanned, format, landscape