It was King Senefro who completed the construction of the Medom pyramid. The pyramid consisted of seven degrees, of which there are only four left now, 45 meters high. The entrance is located 20 meters above the earth's surface and leads to a long corridor 57 meters long and the burial chamber. From the pyramid there is the funerary temple, the remains of the ascending road, which was connected between the funerary temple and the valley temple
That the ancient Egyptians called the area of Maidum the name of "Mary Tam", which includes several monuments, such as the pyramid Medom, completed by the construction of King Snafro, and famous tombs such as Mesopotamia Ra Hohotep and Noveret, and the platform of Nefremat and came, which found the painting known as Oz Medom, Medom's pyramid, for those close to the area, is many kilometers on the surface of the desert, a large tower on a high hill overlooking the surrounding area.
The Medom pyramid is the first complete form of the pyramid in the old age. First, they built a porch on a square and its entrance from the north as usual. It has several corridors that eventually reach the burial chamber, half of which is underground and the other half above it. Six layers, and in another novel seven layers of limestone at a mile angle, until the construction in the end like the tower of the runway, and covered the sides of the terraces with a white smooth limestone, was a piece of quarries Treh, and became the outer appearance like the shape of the whole pyramid correct, and the length of each side of The ribs of the pyramid, about 144 meters high, and 92 meters high, and there are only three degrees of altitude About 33 meters.
That the Meidum region witnessed the birth of the first hierarchical group with elements of the hierarchical groups during the fourth and fifth centuries until the end of the Middle Kingdom. The Midum pyramid is a link between the pyramids listed in the third family and the full pyramid in the fourth family, The group consists of the temple of the valley, which is the first to meet the visitor of the pyramid group, and was named after the name of a nearby agricultural land surrounding the Nile Valley or one of its branches.
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The funerary temple, a small building made up of a room and a corridor without inscriptions, except graffiti writing in the black line of the reign of King Tuthmosis III of the 18th Dynasty, records the visit of some people to the tomb of Senefru in Midum.
The temple is the first funerary temple to be built in the eastern part of the pyramid, a new addition to the temples of the ancient state. The temple consists of an open courtyard that adjoins the walls of the pyramid. In the courtyard there is a table in the form of a hottab, , Followed by two successive chambers, then the entrance connected to the ascending road, and in the first hall were found scribbles, some of which date back to the old state and another to the modern state. The most important inscription is dated 45 years of Tuthmosis the Third, To see the beautiful Sanfrew Temple, the ceiling of this temple was found in a state of preservation, The temple is surrounded by a simple wall.
The architectural style of this pyramid is called the pyramid, which is different from the pyramids listed. It is considered a transition to the full pyramid. The pyramid consists of a core or a tower in the middle. The four sides are surrounded by seven layers of limestone. Jerry is good.
The height of the pyramid when completed is 92 meters, the length of the base is 144 meters, and the angle of inclination 51, and the entrance of the pyramid is 30 meters above the earth's surface, leading to a descending vestibule length 57 meters, leading to a horizontal vestibule ends with two holes, and then a vertical well at the top The burial ground is located at the base of the pyramid and the ceiling of the vaulted room is a seven-degree staircase. The remains of a wooden ark were found. The roof of the chamber is the same as that used by Senefro in the Pyramid of Badhshour. On the southern side of the pyramid, the remains of the pyramid were also found New or pyramid of worship ".
The pyramid is surrounded by 22 terraces, especially the princes of the state at the time, and most important is the 16th floor of Prince Nefarmat and his wife you, which is a large mud brick pavement covered with a layer of gravel appears in the walls of grills, and built a burial chamber of limestone, To the world's museums, the most important of which is "Oz Medoum", currently in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The 17th floor of the terrace is of the following importance. It is a large mud brick building whose owner has not yet been known. It was said that the owner had a great position with King Hattep, where his red granite coffin was found inside the terrace, but devoid of inscriptions and the prince And the tomb of the king and the chief priest of Ain Shams. His tomb is located in Medidum, and the most important of these was a limestone statue representing the prince and his wife at the beginning of the youth. He was transferred to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.