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What is the most northern pyramid in Egypt, apart from the ruins of Lepsius pyramid number one?
What is the most northern pyramid in Egypt, apart from the ruins of Lepsius pyramid number one?
- Pyramid of Djedefre (correct)
- Pyramid of Menkaure
- Pyramid of Khafre
- Great Pyramid of Giza
What is the current archaeological consensus about the completion status of the Pyramid of Djedefre?
What is the current archaeological consensus about the completion status of the Pyramid of Djedefre?
- It was never completed
- It was completed and similar in size to the Pyramid of Menkaure (correct)
- It was completed but larger than expected
- It was completed but smaller than expected
Which pyramid at Giza retains part of its original polished limestone casing near the apex?
Which pyramid at Giza retains part of its original polished limestone casing near the apex?
- Pyramid of Khafre (correct)
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Pyramid of Khufu
- Pyramid of Menkaure
What has quarrying done to the Pyramid of Djedefre at Abu Rawash?
What has quarrying done to the Pyramid of Djedefre at Abu Rawash?
What are the smaller satellite edifices known as at the Giza pyramid complex?
What are the smaller satellite edifices known as at the Giza pyramid complex?
Which pyramid at the Abusir site is considered the best-preserved?
Which pyramid at the Abusir site is considered the best-preserved?
Why are the Abusir pyramids considered to be of inferior quality compared to those of the Fourth Dynasty?
Why are the Abusir pyramids considered to be of inferior quality compared to those of the Fourth Dynasty?
What makes the Giza pyramid complex a popular tourist destination since antiquity?
What makes the Giza pyramid complex a popular tourist destination since antiquity?
Why does the Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el-Aryan appear unfinished?
Why does the Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el-Aryan appear unfinished?
What distinguishes the Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara as one of the world's oldest monumental structures?
What distinguishes the Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara as one of the world's oldest monumental structures?
