Meidum

29.39500833333331.158066666667Koordinaten: 29 ° 23 '42 " N, 31 ° 9' 29" O

Meidum is an ancient Egyptian necropolis and location of the Meidum Pyramid, built by Pharaoh Sneferu.

Buildings

Some mastaba buildings from the early 4th Dynasty is known:

• The Mastaba No. 17, grave of an unknown prince,
• The Mastaba No. 16, the grave of Rahotep (son of Sneferu ), General and High Priest of Re and his wife Nofret ( here its perfectly preserved statues were found, which can be admired in the Museum Cairo Today)
• The Mastaba No. 6, the grave of Sneferu 's son Nefermaat ( architect of the Meidum pyramid ) and his wife Itet. Famous the so-called geese frieze of this mastaba is (now in the Cairo Egyptian Museum ) and the artistically valuable, rarely encountered paste reliefs.

The necropolis was still used in the New Kingdom and Late Period.

Mastaba M17

The frieze of geese Mastaba M6

Statue of Rahotep from Mastaba M16