Copy Link
Add to Bookmark
Report
Menkaure's Pyramid Pictures
The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three at Giza. It was originally 103.4 m square and 65.5 m high.
The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three at Giza. It was originally 103.4 m square and 65.5 m high. The photo shows the South West corner.
The East face of Menkaures Pyramid viewed from the Mortuary Temple.
The Pyramid of Khafre with the Mortuat Temple of Menkaure in the foreground.
The Mortuary Temple of Menkare's Pyramid.
The casing stones on Menkaure's Pyramid were never finished. The photo shows the East face of the Pyramid with roughly finished casing stones.
Casing stones on the East face of Menkaure's Pyramid showing an area of finished stones.
More casing stones on the East face of Menkaure's Pyramid showing an area of finished stones.
An area of unfinished casing stones on the North face of Menaure's Pyramid.
Part of an inscription on the casing of Menkaure's Pyramid near the entrance on the North face.
Menkaure's Pyramid viewed from the Causeway leading from the Mortuary Temple of Menkaure's Pyramid.
After a descending passage the first chamber in Menkaure's Pyramid has been carved to produce a panelled wall. A entrance leads to the portcullis room.
Looking back towards the Panelled Chamber from the Portcullis room. There are three slots in the wall for the portcullis blocks.
Above each slot for the portcullis stones is a socket for a beam which would have supported the stones on ropes.
A passage from the Ante-chamber leads to a space where you can see the granite blocks that form the roof of the Burial Chamber below.
A passage leads from the Ante-chamber down to the Burial Chamber. Also leading off this passage is a chamber with five niches.
Looking back towards the entrance of the Chamber with five niches. The Burial Chamber is further down the passage to the right that is visible through the door.
The Burial Chamber of Menkaure. It is lined with granite and the roof beams have been cut away to give the appearance of a barrel vault. The top of these blocks is visible from the Ante-chamber.
