Djedkare’s pyramid complex: Preliminary report of the 2017 season

• Authors: Megahed Mohamed , Jánosi Peter , Vymazalová Hana
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the fieldwork in the pyramid complex of King Djedkare in the 2017 season, the Egyptian mission focused on consolidation works inside the pyramid and on the exploration and documentation of the south-eastern part of the king’s funerary temple. The consolidation works in the substructure of the pyramid focused on the north walls of the antechamber and the burial chamber. The south-eastern part of the funerary temple (T.h) had suffered heavily from stone reuse in later periods, and almost nothing survived of its original architecture. The preserved foundation blocks nevertheless revealed the ground plan of several long rooms and a corridor. The external enclosure wall of the funerary temple had been entirely dismantled in this area, but its foundation survived further east along the south massif (T.i area).

Keywords

EN

Old Kingdom; South Saqqara; Djedkare; pyramid complex; south massif; stone robbers; enclosure wall

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 34-44

Contributors

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Megahed Mohamed

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Jánosi Peter

• Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna

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Vymazalová Hana

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University