Dahshur

Dahshur (in English often called Dashur; '''' ) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat Dahshur () in markaz Badrashin, Giza.

ancient tomb in Egypt

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid; The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt.

smooth-sided pyramid

thumb|280px|Dahsuhr's necropolis map, Kanefer ( K3=(j).-nfr(.w) 18px18px5px "His Ka is beautiful") is the name of a prince and King Sneferu's son, who took the vizier's office from his older brother Nefermaat. He lived in the late period of the King Sneferu's reign and possibly in early reign phase of his brother Khufu. Later on the office of vizier passed to the Nefermat's son Hemiun. The fourth dynasty was a period when constructions on the Giza plateau peaked,as well as the development of activity of craftsmen and system organisation of grandiose buildings. Kanefer was buried in mastaba No.

smooth-sided pyramid

Sobekemhat was an ancient Egyptian treasurer under the king Senusret III in the Twelfth Dynasty. Sobekemhat is only known from his mastaba excavated in 1894 next to the pyramid of Senusret III at Dahshur. The mastaba was decorated on the outside with reliefs. These were only found in small fragments, but the fragments record the name and the titles of Sobekemhat. On an offering table he bears the title of the treasurer. The mastaba is in a chain of three mastabas, north of the king's pyramid. It is closest to the pyramid. The next mastaba belongs to the vizier (Nebit) and the third to another

smooth-sided pyramid