29.4275°N, 30.7800°E.
Old Kingdom or early Middle Kingdom pyramid at Seila on the eastern edge of the Faiyum, attributed to pharaoh Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2613–2589 BCE) on the basis of two inscribed stelae found at the site naming him. Original base 25 metres per side; original height around 15 metres at a 51° slope. The structure is a small four-stepped pyramid built of limestone blocks with no substructure — there is no burial chamber, no entrance, and no internal corridor. Excavated by an expedition from Brigham Young University under C. Wilfred Griggs from 1981 onward. Seila is one of seven small provincial step pyramids attributed to Sneferu or his predecessor, built across Upper and Middle Egypt at sites including Edfu, Elephantine, El-Kula, Naqada, and Zawyet el-Maiyitin — all to a similar template, none of them tombs. Their function is unrecorded.
A four-stepped solid limestone pyramid built at the western desert margin, with no burial chamber and no entrance, and six identical siblings scattered along the Nile.
| Landmark | Bearing | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| giza | 6.67° | 67 km |
| angkor wat | 86.24° | 7,632 km |
| nazca | 264.44° | 12,339 km |
| teotihuacan | 309.24° | 12,360 km |
| stonehenge | 321.02° | 3,642 km |
| gobekli tepe | 37.89° | 1,137 km |
| machu picchu | 264.80° | 12,024 km |
| easter island | 263.90° | 16,147 km |
| cahokia | 317.99° | 10,295 km |
| sedona | 328.80° | 11,876 km |
| mecca | 133.16° | 1,248 km |
| jerusalem | 55.29° | 478 km |
| vatican | 314.81° | 2,174 km |
| lhasa | 73.83° | 5,742 km |
| kailash | 74.64° | 4,791 km |
| uluru | 108.40° | 12,262 km |
| tiwanaku | 259.87° | 11,822 km |
| chaco canyon | 326.87° | 11,571 km |
| mt shasta | 339.58° | 11,691 km |
| levis stadium | 337.65° | 12,075 km |