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Pyramid of Pepi I

Monuments, Towers and Commemorative Structures

The Pyramid of Pepi I is the funerary monument of the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi I, built in the 24th or 23rd century BC, and it lent its name to the ancient Egyptian capital city of Memphis. Like the pyramids of his predecessors, its substructure is inscribed with vertical columns of the Pyramid Texts, which were discovered here in 1880 by Gaston Maspero even though the tradition of inscribing them originated earlier in the pyramid of Unas. Pepi I's pyramid holds the largest surviving corpus of these texts from the Old Kingdom, comprising 2,263 columns and lines of hieroglyphs.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Monument 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Egypt 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Monument 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Monument, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Uses Element

Limestone, Architectural Materials
Source Pyramid of Pepi I (Wikipedia)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, located there.
Sources
1. Pyramid of Pepi I (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    The Pyramid of Pepi I is the funerary monument of the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi I, built in the 24th or 23rd century BC, and it lent its name to the ancient Egyptian capital city of Memphis. Like the pyramids of his predecessors, its substructure is inscribed with vertical columns of the Pyramid Texts, which were discovered here in 1880 by Gaston Maspero even though the tradition of inscribing them originated earlier in the pyramid of Unas. Pepi I's pyramid holds the largest surviving corpus of these texts from the Old Kingdom, comprising 2,263 columns and lines of hieroglyphs.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Monument)
    The pyramid of Pepi I (Egyptian: Mn-nfr Ppy, lit. 'Pepi's splendour is enduring') is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I of the Sixth Dynasty in the 24th or 23rd century BC. The complex lent its name to the ancient capital city of Egypt, Memphis. As in the pyramids of his predecessors, Pepi I's substructure was filled with vertical columns of hieroglyphic texts: Pyramid Tex
  • Uses Element: Limestone, infobox material field: Limestone
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2. Pyramid of Pepi I (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Egypt
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Egypt
Wikidata item Q1536118, property P131/P17 (location): Egypt
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