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Pyramid of Athribis
The pyramid of Athribis –
engraving from Description de l'Egypte (1823)
Coordinates30°28′14″N 31°11′17″E / 30.47056°N 31.18806°E / 30.47056; 31.18806
TypeMud-brick Pyramid
Materialmudbrick
Heightless than 16 m
Base~ 20 m
Slope~ 50°
Pyramid of Athribis is located in Egypt
Pyramid of Athribis
Location of Athribis in Egypt

The pyramid of Athribis was a small mudbrick pyramid located at Athribis (Tell Atrib) in the southern Nile Delta, northeast of the modern city of Banha. It was located the furthest north of all the pyramids in ancient Egypt and the only known pyramid to have been built in the Delta.

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