The mudbrick core
Its casing gone.
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The pyramid of King Senusret II of the Twelfth Dynasty, built in the early 19th century BC at the entrance to the Fayoum depression. Its builders raised it in mudbrick over a natural limestone outcrop about 12 m high, which anchored the core and saved time and labour. Its base measured 106 m a side and it rose to about 49 m, cased in fine white limestone; Ramesses II stripped the casing in the Nineteenth Dynasty for his own projects, exposing the mudbrick core seen today. Breaking with tradition, Senusret II did not place the entrance on the north side but hid it to the south beneath a princess's tomb, to fool tomb robbers. Beside the pyramid lay the workers' town now called Kahun, excavated by Flinders Petrie in the late 19th century. The pyramid opened to visitors for the first time on 28 June 2019, and you can walk down into its passages. Tickets are about EGP 150 for foreigners per the ministry list, and the site is open daily from 8 am to 5 pm.
Its casing gone.
Open since 2019.
On the south side.
El-Lahun village, about 15 km southeast of Fayoum city
Yes, it opened to visitors on 28 June 2019; tickets are about EGP 150 for foreigners per the ministry list, 8 am to 5 pm.