Pyramid of Senusret I

The Pyramid of Senusret I stands at the southern end of el-Lisht, built during the Twelfth Dynasty near his father Amenemhat I's pyramid. Its architects pioneered an innovative construction technique with limestone block walls radiating from the center, spaces filled with mudbrick and debris, then covered with Tura limestone casing. The complex includes nine subsidiary pyramids for royal women and a causeway decorated with reliefs. Ten life-sized seated limestone statues of Senusret were discovered in a pit between subsidiary temples and are now in the Cairo Museum. The burial chamber remains inaccessible due to high water levels.