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Zawyet el-Maiyitin
Place in Minya Governorate, Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zawyet el-Maiyitin or Zawyet Sultan or Zawyet el-Amwat is a small village in Egypt, located in the Minya Governorate.
The site has the Pyramid of Zawyet el-Maiyitin 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. Its ancient name was Hebenu. [1]
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