Pyramid of Teti
The Teti Pyramid at Saqqara is the tomb of the Egyptian King Teti, the founder of the 6th Dynasty and successor of Unas, the last ruler of the 5th Dynasty.
The Pyramid
The construction corresponds to a prototype of the late Old Kingdom and is about as big as the pyramids of Pepi I or Pepi II, the core of the pyramid consists of five stages, which were built of locally quarried limestone and filled with rubble. The outer lining consisted of fine limestone of unknown origin. With a base length of 78.8 m and a slope of 53 ° 7 ' was the original height of the pyramid about 52 meters.
The substructure
The entrance located at ground level is on the north side of the pyramid and via a first down, then horizontally extending passage with several locking devices to the chamber system, consisting of pre-chamber grave chamber and a secondary chamber with three small magazines. The burial chamber measures 3.45 x 7.90 m and is located directly under the pyramid center is about 17 m below the ground level. Three layers of large, slanting limestone beams form the ceiling in the form of a gable roof construction. In the western part of the grave chamber is the sarcophagus made of greywacke, which is just like the walls of the grave and pre-chamber and the adjacent corridor decorated with pyramid texts.
Pyramid Texts
Pyramid Texts
Pyramid texts ( see details)
The pyramid complex
East of the pyramid was a large mortuary temple, of which the basis of extensive stone robbery only a few remnants are present. Southeast of the pyramid there is a small cult pyramid, which was surrounded together with the main pyramid and a part of the large valley temple by an enclosure wall. Northeast of the complex are the remains of two smaller pyramids, which the royal wives Iput I and Chuit are attributed. In 2008, a third queens pyramid was discovered, which was perhaps built for Teti's mother Sescheschet. In the vicinity of the pyramid a significant and densely built necropolis evolved over time. Among them are the mastabas of Mereruka, the Kagemni, Gemniemhat and the grave of Tjeteti.
Further east of the pyramid were the Anubieion and Bubasteion from Greco- Roman times.