Meidum, Maydum or Maidum (Arabic: ميدوم, Ancient Egyptian: Mr(y)-Jtmw, lit. 'beloved of Atum', Ancient Greek: Μοι(ε)θυμις) is an archaeological site in...

pyramid to true pyramid shape, which gave rise to the great pyramids of Meidum, Dahshur, and Giza. The last pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, Shepseskaf, did...

Nefermaat was buried in mastaba 16 at Meidum. He was one of several relatives of King Sneferu, who was buried in Meidum. The tomb is known for the special...

Heliopolis. Buried in Meidum with his wife Nofret. Owner of the famous statues now in the Cairo Museum. Ranefer. Buried in Meidum. Iynefer I. Buried in...

Elephantine Edfu South el-Kula Naqada Zawyet el-Maiyitin Sinki IV Seila Meidum Bent Red Khufu Djedefre Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet el'Aryan Khafre...

catastrophic collapse of the Meidum Pyramid while it was still under construction. The reason why Sneferu abandoned the Meidum Pyramid and its Step Pyramid...

papyrus was written during the 12th dynasty. In the early 20th century, the Meidum pyramid was often credited to Huni. One long-held theory posited that Huni...

Sneferu's two earlier pyramids. The first of these being, the Pyramid at Meidum, collapsed in antiquity, while the second, the Bent Pyramid, had the angle...

derives from the knowledge gained from the exploration of his tomb no. 6 in Meidum, near the pyramid of pharaoh Snofru. Rahotep was surely enough an influential...

well-developed. A depiction of plowing painted in the tomb of Itet and Nefermaat in Meidum is the earliest testament to the technique in Africa. Roux, Georges (25...