Ancient Architects | Egypt’s Forgotten Pyramid: The Ruined 'Layer Pyramid' of Zawyet el Aryan | Ancient Architects @AncientArchitects | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
The Layer Pyramid, located in the necropolis of Zawyet el Aryan in Northern Egypt, is a ruined and largely forgotten pyramid, dating back to the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Today sitting inside the confines of a restricted military area, the pyramid is largely forgotten and badly neglected.
No archaeological work has been done in more than 100 years and the information we have is conflicting and incomplete.
To date, no artefacts have been found, there was no trace of a burial and so it's even unclear whether this pyramid was a burial structure or if the whole project was abandoned mid-way through.
But today, sitting inside a military area, it has been left to rot and ruin and if the situation doesn't change soon, it won’t be long before the Layer Pyramid goes past the point of no return and is lost forever.
All images and video are either my own, taken from Google Images, or from the below sources for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Contents:
0:00 - Introduction to the Layer Pyramid
2:35 - Who Built the Pyramid?
3:43 - What We Know about the Layer Pyramid
6:17 - The Internal Chambers and Passages
10:11 - The Sorry State of the Layer Pyramid
Sources:
jstor.org/stable/40000524\
web.archive.org/web/20141013023648/scribd.com/doc/193880788/Z500-and-The-Layer-Pyramid-of-Zawiyet-el-Aryan-lehner
digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-5cac-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
archive.org/details/operationscarri03vysegoog/page/n36/mode/2up?view=theater
alanfildes.com/egypt_blog/preview.php?pid=11&p=&search=
flickr.com/photos/pyramidtexts/5144279842/in/photostream
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5724454d/f103.item.r=copte
youtu.be/rkLazTLQejY?si=XH3ElWYZFB7y5rn5
isida-project.ucoz.com/egypt_2012/saqqara_sekhemhet.htm
ancient-egypt.org/history/early-dynastic-period/3rd-dynasty/horus-khaba/step-pyramid-at-zawyet-el.html
ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/chronology/kingkhaba.html
https://www.academia.edu/36581208/Z500_and_the_Layer_Pyramid_of_Zawiyet_el_Aryan
#ancientarchitects #pyramid #ancientegypt
The Layer Pyramid, located in the necropolis of Zawyet el Aryan in Northern Egypt, is a ruined and largely forgotten pyramid, dating back to the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Today sitting inside the confines of a restricted military area, the pyramid is largely forgotten and badly neglected.
No archaeological work has been done in more than 100 years and the information we have is conflicting and incomplete.
To date, no artefacts have been found, there was no trace of a burial and so it's even unclear whether this pyramid was a burial structure or if the whole project was abandoned mid-way through.
But today, sitting inside a military area, it has been left to rot and ruin and if the situation doesn't change soon, it won’t be long before the Layer Pyramid goes past the point of no return and is lost forever.
All images and video are either my own, taken from Google Images, or from the below sources for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Contents:
0:00 - Introduction to the Layer Pyramid
2:35 - Who Built the Pyramid?
3:43 - What We Know about the Layer Pyramid
6:17 - The Internal Chambers and Passages
10:11 - The Sorry State of the Layer Pyramid
Sources:
jstor.org/stable/40000524\
web.archive.org/web/20141013023648/scribd.com/doc/193880788/Z500-and-The-Layer-Pyramid-of-Zawiyet-el-Aryan-lehner
digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-5cac-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
archive.org/details/operationscarri03vysegoog/page/n36/mode/2up?view=theater
alanfildes.com/egypt_blog/preview.php?pid=11&p=&search=
flickr.com/photos/pyramidtexts/5144279842/in/photostream
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5724454d/f103.item.r=copte
youtu.be/rkLazTLQejY?si=XH3ElWYZFB7y5rn5
isida-project.ucoz.com/egypt_2012/saqqara_sekhemhet.htm
ancient-egypt.org/history/early-dynastic-period/3rd-dynasty/horus-khaba/step-pyramid-at-zawyet-el.html
ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/chronology/kingkhaba.html
https://www.academia.edu/36581208/Z500_and_the_Layer_Pyramid_of_Zawiyet_el_Aryan
#ancientarchitects #pyramid #ancientegypt
