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  • Zawyet el-Maiyitin

    Zawyet el-Maiyitin, also called Zawyet Sultan or Zawyet el-Amwat is a small village in Egypt, located in the Minya Governorate. The site has a small step-pyramid of the late 3rd Dynasty, remarkable for being the only pyramid built on the east bank of the Nile. It also comprises rock-cut tombs of the late Old Kingdom.
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    Zawyet el-Maiyitin
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Zawyet el-Maiyitin
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Zawyet el-Maiyitin
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Zawyet el-Maiyitin

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    Minya Governorate

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    Third Millennium BC

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