Pyramid of Pepi II
| Pyramid of Pepi II | ||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Pyramid of Pepi II | ||||||||||||||
| 29°50′25″N 31°12′48″E / 29.8403°N 31.2133°E | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Badrshein, Giza, Egypt | |||||||||||||
| Owner | Pepi II | |||||||||||||
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| Constructed | c. 2250 BC | |||||||||||||
| Type | True pyramid | |||||||||||||
| Height | 52.4 m (172 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Base | 78.75 m (258.4 ft) | |||||||||||||
The Pyramid of Pepi II was the tomb of King Pepi II, located in southern Saqqara, to the northwest of the Mastabat al-Fir'aun. It was the final full pyramid complex to be built in Ancient Egypt. Long used as a quarry, the pyramid was excavated for the first time by Gaston Maspero in 1881. Its ruins were studied in exhaustive detail by Gustave Jéquier, who was able to reconstruct the funerary complex and the texts on the walls of the funerary chamber in the course of his excavation campaigns from 1932–1935. Since 1996, thorough investigations of the pyramid and its surroundings have been carried out by the Mission a.