Queens Pyramid of Senusret III (2)

29.8178°N, 31.2268°E.

Queens' pyramid 2 of Senusret III at Dahshur, second of seven small queens' pyramids around the main pyramid of pharaoh Senusret III (r. 1878–1839 BCE). Original base approximately 17 metres per side; original height around 14 metres at a steep slope. Excavated by Dieter Arnold for the Metropolitan Museum from 1990 onward. The substructure preserved a small vaulted burial chamber, fragmentary canopic jars naming queen Mereret — daughter of Senusret III rather than his consort — and the most spectacular cache of Middle Kingdom royal jewellery ever recovered: gold and inlaid pectorals, bracelets, and necklaces now divided between the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The pectoral inscribed with the cartouche of Senusret III crushing his enemies underfoot is one of the most-photographed objects in Egyptian art.

A daughter's pyramid whose canopic jars survived the antiquity-period robbery of the burial chamber, and whose adjacent cache holds the most complete surviving suite of Middle Kingdom royal jewellery on Earth.