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Dahshur: Pyramid of Amenemhet III
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The Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Dahshur (photo: Francis Frith 1858).
The 12th Dynasty pyramid of Amenemhet III (1842-1797 BC), shown in this early photo by Frith, was built of mud brick, originally covered with a limestone casing. Once the limestone had been robbed, the mudbrick core deteriorated and eroded into massive piles surrounding the pyramid. Similar methods of 12th Dynasty pyramid construction also occurred at the Fayum sites of Lahun and Hawara.
At right is the earlier, so-called Bent Pyramid, dating from the 4th Dynasty, which retains some of its limestone casing.
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