Ameny Qemau Pyramid

A pyramid in southern Dahshur, Egypt, built c. 1790 BC for Ameny Qemau, an obscure 13th Dynasty pharaoh of the Second Intermediate Period. It originally stood 35 m high with a 52 m base, though its superstructure has been entirely quarried away. The burial chamber consists of a single colossal quartzite block with receptacles for the sarcophagus and canopic jars hewn from its interior, similar to the technique used for Amenemhat III. Discovered by Charles Arthur Muses in 1957 and excavated in 1968, it represents one of the last monumental pyramids built in ancient Egypt.