The Pyramid of Reherishefnakht at South Saqqara is the oldest known pyramid built for a non-royal individual — a nomarch (provincial governor) whose monument breaks the millennia-old restriction of pyramidal architecture to pharaohs and their immediate families. Dating to the late 6th or early 8th Dynasty (c. 2180 BCE), the pyramid contains both Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts — making it a crucial transitional document bridging the Old Kingdom's exclusive royal afterlife with the Middle Kingdom's democratization of immortality. At Giza bearing 330.81° and 16.2 km from the Great Pyramid, this small but historically pivotal structure demonstrates the collapse of centralized pharaonic authority during the First Intermediate Period. When a provincial official could claim pyramid burial with royal funerary texts, the divine monopoly of the pharaoh on the afterlife had broken — a theological revolution as significant as any political upheaval.
Wikipedia| Star ▴ | Rise Az ▴ | Rise Δ ▴ | Set Az ▴ | Set Δ ▴ | Tradition ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleiades (Alcyone) | 86.8° | — | 273.2° | — | |
| Orion's Belt (Alnilam) | 106.8° | — | 253.2° | — | |
| Sirius | 114.1° | — | 245.9° | — | |
| Thuban | — | — | — | — | |
| Vega | 38.6° | — | 321.4° | — | |
| Regulus | 62.0° | — | 297.9° | — | |
| Aldebaran | 92.2° | — | 267.8° | — | |
| Antares | 98.1° | — | 261.9° | — | |
| Fomalhaut | 143.5° | — | 216.5° | — | |
| Arcturus | 35.0° | — | 325.0° | — | |
| Galactic Center (Sgr A*) | 107.0° | — | 253.1° | — | |
| Galactic Anti-Center | 73.1° | — | 286.9° | — | |
| Deneb | 46.7° | — | 313.3° | — | |
| Capella | 56.0° | — | 304.0° | — | |
| Castor | 58.4° | — | 301.6° | — | |
| Pollux | 61.1° | — | 298.9° | — | |
| Procyon | 84.7° | — | 275.3° | — | |
| Betelgeuse | 95.6° | — | 264.4° | — | |
| Rigel | 116.7° | — | 243.3° | — | |
| Bellatrix | 99.6° | — | 260.4° | — | |
| Achernar | — | — | — | — | |
| Acrux | 138.2° | — | 221.8° | — | |
| Mimosa | 133.3° | — | 226.7° | — | |
| Altair | 80.2° | — | 279.8° | — | |
| Kochab | — | — | — | — | |
| Dubhe | — | — | — | — | |
| Alkaid | — | — | — | — | |
| Mizar | — | — | — | — | |
| Hamal | 90.2° | — | 269.8° | — | |
| Zubenelgenubi | 81.7° | — | 278.3° | — | |
| Alnitak | 107.2° | — | 252.8° | — | |
| Mintaka | 106.3° | — | 253.8° | — | |
| Saiph | 114.9° | — | 245.1° | — | |
| Peacock | 156.0° | — | 204.0° | — | |
| Miaplacidus | 159.4° | — | 200.6° | — | |
| Rigil Kentaurus | 135.8° | — | 224.2° | — | |
| Hadar | 133.3° | — | 226.7° | — | |
| Gacrux | 130.2° | — | 229.8° | — | |
| Naos | 131.8° | — | 228.2° | — | |
| Suhail | 128.4° | — | 231.6° | — | |
| Avior | 151.9° | — | 208.1° | — | |
| Atria | 149.6° | — | 210.4° | — | |
| Regor | 139.3° | — | 220.7° | — | |
| Alsephina | 143.5° | — | 216.5° | — | |
| Shaula | 114.8° | — | 245.2° | — | |
| Ankaa | — | — | — | — | |
| Menkent | 103.8° | — | 256.2° | — | |
| Alpheratz | 81.1° | — | 278.9° | — | |
| Eltanin | 14.0° | — | 346.0° | — | |
| Kornephoros | 43.5° | — | 316.4° | — | |
| Rasalhague | 60.1° | — | 299.9° | — | |
| Denebola | 49.2° | — | 310.8° | — | |
| Alhena | 81.4° | — | 278.6° | — | |
| Alphard | 88.9° | — | 271.1° | — | |
| Bharani | 93.3° | — | 266.6° | — | |
| Pushya | 64.8° | — | 295.2° | — | |
| Adhara | 127.8° | — | 232.2° | — | |
| Wezen | 123.8° | — | 236.2° | — | |
| Navi | 45.6° | — | 314.4° | — | |
| Schedar | 50.4° | — | 309.6° | — | |
| Nunki | 110.8° | — | 249.2° | — | |
| Canopus | 161.8° | — | 198.2° | — | |
| Kaus Australis | 116.3° | — | 243.7° | — | |
| Sabik | 89.5° | — | 270.5° | — | |
| Scheat | 78.8° | — | 281.2° | — | |
| Enif | 91.5° | — | 268.5° | — | |
| Diphda | 138.3° | — | 221.7° | — | |
| Alphecca | 31.3° | — | 328.7° | — | |
| Rasalgethi | 56.4° | — | 303.6° | — | |
| Spica | 75.6° | — | 284.4° | — | |
| Zubeneschamali | 75.0° | — | 285.0° | — | |
| Unukalhai | 58.0° | — | 302.0° | — | |
| Murzim | 120.1° | — | 239.9° | — | |
| Phact | 143.8° | — | 216.2° | — | |
| Mirfak | 58.1° | — | 301.9° | — | |
| Vindemiatrix | 49.8° | — | 310.2° | — | |
| Markab | 92.9° | — | 267.1° | — | |
| Algol | 69.1° | — | 290.9° | — | |
| Sadalmelik | 104.8° | — | 255.3° | — | |
| Sadalsuud | 106.8° | — | 253.2° | — | |
| Sun (Summer Solstice) | 62.7° | — | 297.3° | — | |
| Sun (Winter Solstice) | 117.3° | — | 242.7° | — | |
| Sun (Equinox) | 90.0° | — | 270.0° | — | |
| Sun (Northern Cross-Quarter) | 70.9° | — | 289.1° | — | |
| Sun (Southern Cross-Quarter) | 109.1° | — | 250.9° | — | |
| Moon (N Major Standstill) | 56.4° | — | 303.6° | — | |
| Moon (S Major Standstill) | 123.7° | — | 236.3° | — | |
| Moon (N Minor Standstill) | 68.3° | — | 291.7° | — | |
| Moon (S Minor Standstill) | 111.7° | — | 248.3° | — |
| Landmark | Bearing | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| giza | 330.81° | 16 km |
| angkor wat | 86.50° | 7,613 km |
| nazca | 264.70° | 12,360 km |
| teotihuacan | 309.49° | 12,339 km |
| stonehenge | 320.47° | 3,611 km |
| gobekli tepe | 39.00° | 1,086 km |
| machu picchu | 265.03° | 12,044 km |
| easter island | 264.64° | 16,167 km |
| cahokia | 318.09° | 10,267 km |
| sedona | 328.99° | 11,839 km |
| mecca | 135.41° | 1,273 km |
| jerusalem | 59.83° | 437 km |
| vatican | 313.66° | 2,149 km |
| lhasa | 74.24° | 5,712 km |
| kailash | 75.16° | 4,762 km |
| uluru | 108.30° | 12,264 km |
| tiwanaku | 260.08° | 11,846 km |
| chaco canyon | 327.04° | 11,536 km |
| mt shasta | 339.74° | 11,647 km |
| levis stadium | 337.84° | 12,033 km |