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Satellite Pyramid of Teti

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29.8750°N, 31.2213°E GIZA 180.00° DIST 14 km
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Coordinates29.8750°N, 31.2213°E
Giza Bearing180.00°
Distance14 km

29.8750°N, 31.2213°E.

The satellite pyramid of Teti at North Saqqara, immediately south of the main pyramid of pharaoh Teti (r. ~2345–2333 BCE), founder of the Sixth Dynasty. Original base 15.7 metres per side; original height around 13 metres at a steep slope. Excavated by Cecil Firth in 1922 and re-examined by Zahi Hawass and the Egyptian Antiquities Service from 1991 onward. The structure follows the standard Old Kingdom satellite-pyramid template: a small ritual pyramid with a granite-lined chamber and a shallow descending corridor, no human burial, no canopic equipment, and no funerary goods. Teti's satellite pyramid is one of the best-preserved Sixth-Dynasty examples and has been used as a reference for the architectural reconstruction of the more damaged satellite pyramids of subsequent kings in the same dynasty.

A small ritual pyramid for the king who founded the Sixth Dynasty, attached to a main pyramid whose interior preserves the second-oldest set of Pyramid Texts ever inscribed.

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