Old Kingdom pyramid fields

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archaeological site complex cultural heritage site royal necropolis

The Old Kingdom pyramid fields are a series of monumental royal burial complexes from Egypt’s Old Kingdom period, featuring pyramids, temples, and tombs that illustrate the early development of ancient Egyptian funerary architecture and state power.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Kingdom pyramids	2
Pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur	1
Pyramids of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site complex ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ
archaeologicalImportance	key evidence for Old Kingdom administration and economy ⓘ source of inscriptions and reliefs documenting Old Kingdom society ⓘ
architecturalSignificance	illustrate early development of true pyramids from step pyramids ⓘ show evolution of mortuary temple layouts ⓘ
associatedWith	Pharaohs of the 3rd Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaohs of the 4th Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaohs of the 5th Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaohs of the 6th Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Abu Rawash pyramid field NERFINISHED ⓘ Abu Sir pyramid field NERFINISHED ⓘ Dahshur pyramid field NERFINISHED ⓘ Giza pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Meidum pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Saqqara necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zawyet el-Aryan pyramid field NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
endOfMajorConstruction	c. 22nd century BCE ⓘ
feature	boat pits ⓘ causeways ⓘ mastaba tombs ⓘ mortuary temples ⓘ pyramids ⓘ subsidiary queens’ pyramids ⓘ valley temples ⓘ
heritageProtection	protected under Egyptian antiquities law ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainFunction	royal burial complexes ⓘ state cult centers ⓘ
notableExample	Bent Pyramid at Dahshur NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid complex of Sahure at Abu Sir NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid complex of Unas at Saqqara NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Khafre at Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Pyramid at Dahshur NERFINISHED ⓘ Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSignificance	monuments of centralized royal power ⓘ symbols of the divine kingship of the pharaoh ⓘ
religiousSignificance	centers of royal funerary cults ⓘ materialize solar and Osirian beliefs ⓘ
startOfConstruction	c. 27th century BCE ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	86 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyramid of Merenre → category → Old Kingdom pyramid fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pyramids of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Memphis necropolis → hasPart → Old Kingdom pyramid fields ⓘ

Memphis open-air museum → nearbySite → Old Kingdom pyramid fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur

Ahmed Fakhry → studied → Old Kingdom pyramid fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Kingdom pyramids

Nabil Swelim → studies → Old Kingdom pyramid fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Kingdom pyramids