Meydum
(Fifth - Twelfth Dynasty: Djed-Snefru; since early 18th Dynasty: Mery-Atum)

Excavation and resource:

• 1737 F.L. Norden visited the site
• 1839 J.S. Perring visited the site
• 1843 Lepsius visited the site and gave the pyramid the number LXV
• 1890 Gaston Maspero found the entrance to the pyramid
• 1871 - 1872 excavation by Mariette
• 1891 - excavation by Petrie
• December 1909 - 1910 - excavation by Mackay, Petrie and Wainwright
• 1911-1912 excavation by Wainwright
• 1926 Ludwig Borchardt excavated at the site
• 1929-1930 excavation by Alan Rowe
• since 1984 - excavation and restoration work by Ali el-Khouli
• 1986-1988 a joint Polish-Egyptian Preservation Mission conducted three seasons of preservation work

Bibliography:

• Petrie/Mackay/Wainwright 1910 (second excavation report)
• Borchardt 1928.
• Rowe 1931 (preliminary report on the American excavations by Rowe)
• Reisner 1936: 206-225 (publication of plans of many private tombs excavated by Rowe)
• Maragioglio/Rinaldi 1964 (exact plans and measurements of the pyramid, in Italian and English)
• Edwards 1999 (a short introduction)

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