The Pyramid of Amenemhet III
He built his first pyramid at Dahshur (the so-called "Black Pyramid"), but there were construction problems and it was
abandonedAround Year 15 of his reign the king decided to build a new pyramid at Hawara, near the Faiyum The pyramid at Dahshur It was used as burial ground for several royal women
The mortuary temple attached to the Hawara pyramid and may have been known to Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus as the praised it as a wonder of the world. The king's pyramid at Hawara contained some of the most complex security features of any found in Egypt and is perhaps the only one to come close to the sort of tricks Hollywood associates with such structures. Nevertheless, the
king's burial was robbed in antiquity. His daughter or sister, Neferuptah, was buried in a separate pyramid (discovered in 1956) 2 km southwest of the king's The pyramidion of Amenemhet III's pyramid tomb was found toppled from the peak of its structure and preserved relatively intact; it is today located in the Cairo Egyptian Museum
