Pyramid of Menkaure
| Pyramid of Menkaure | ||||||||||||||
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 The pyramid in 2004 | ||||||||||||||
Interactive map of Pyramid of Menkaure | ||||||||||||||
| 29°58′21″N 31°07′42″E / 29.97250°N 31.12833°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Menkaure | |||||||||||||
| Ancient name |
Nṯr.j Mn-kꜣw-Rꜥ Netjeri Menkaure Menkaure is Divine | |||||||||||||
| Constructed | c. 2500 BC (4th dynasty) | |||||||||||||
| Type | True Pyramid | |||||||||||||
| Material | limestone, core red granite, white limestone, casing | |||||||||||||
| Height | 65 metres (213 ft) or 125 cubits (original) | |||||||||||||
| Base | 102.2 by 104.6 metres (335 ft × 343 ft) or 200 cubits (original) | |||||||||||||
| Volume | 235,183 cubic metres (8,305,409 ft3) | |||||||||||||
| Slope | 51°20'25'' | |||||||||||||
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It is thought to have been built to serve as the tomb of the Fourth Dynasty King Menkaure. With roughly one tenth of the volume of the pyramid of Khufu, it is a part of a Egyptian pyramid complex comprising a mortuary temple and a valley temple linked by a causeway, together with three subsidiary pyramids on its southern side. Numerous signs of unfinished work indicate that the king died while the monument was still under construction, leaving its completion to his successor Shepseskaf.