Near the Al-Fayyoum entrance are ancient findings that have been found and that are yet to be unearthed; like the rest of Egypt it is an area where tales from history have been written and dug into its sands, most notably, the Hawara Pyramid. Hawaret al Maqwa, or Hawara, is an archaeological site from ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyoum oasis. Notwithstanding the test of time, what was once coated with limestone, the pyramid now resembles a huge pile of sand. The Hawara Pyramid was built by King Amenmehat III, who ruled Egypt in the 12th Dynasty and brought great economic prosperity during his reign. The pyramid’s core was built entirely out of mud-brick stones with an outer limestone coating. The limestone encasing has been pillaged by stone-robbers centuries ago, and only the mud-brick core remains today, giving it its modern-day appearance. Amenmehat III made the entrance to his pyramid in the Southern section of the structure, which was different from the other previous pyramids constructed during the Old Kingdom, where entrances were built in the Northern section. Amenmehat…
Tales from the Past: The Hawara Pyramid and Egypt’s Long Lost Labyrinth
May 5, 2022
