Where are the Pyramid Kings buried?

Where was pharaoh Sneferu buried? This question has long tormented Egyptology, with no evidence-based consensus ever reached. With three pyramids to choose from and no sarcophagus to be found inside them, little progress has been made in solving the riddle.

But what if Sneferu's burial was hiding in plain sight the entire time? The enormous structure known as Mastaba 17 is just as mysterious as the three-pyramid-problem of Sneferu.

This video examines the physical evidence of Mastaba 17 and compares it to the other noteworthy tombs of its time. The greater context of tomb security and the burial of kings is explored, and a more coherent model of the Old Kingdom is presented.

Only now can the full history of Sneferu be appreciated and the notoriety of his successor Khufu may be properly scrutinized.


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Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/

Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his Mastaba 17 guide and diagrams: https://independent.academia.edu/Keit...

Thanks to AllPyramids.com for photos

Thanks to the Harvard Digital Giza Project for photos: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/



Quotation Sources:

W.M. Flinders Petrie, Ernest Mackay, & Gerald Wainwright "Meydum and Memphis (III) London, 1910. Pp 4, 5, 13, 14

Diodorus of Sicily Book I 63. 9-64 Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA Pp 219




Graphics Sources:

W.M. Flinders Petrie "Medum" London, 1892

W.M. Flinders Petrie, Ernest Mackay, & Gerald Wainwright "Meydum and Memphis (III) London, 1910.

ScanPyramids Project www.scanpyramids.org

Miroslav Verner “The Pyramids (New and Revised) AUC Press Cairo 2020

Peter Der Manuelian "The Lost Throne of Queen Hetepheres from Giza" JARCE Volume 53 2017

John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part II. The Great Pyramid” London, 1840

Dieter Arnold "Encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian Architecture" Princeton University Press 2003

Keith Hamilton "Mastaba 17 at Meidum: A Layman's Guide" Academia.edu 2017

Keith Hamilton "The Bent Pyramids Temples: A Layman's Guide" Academia.edu 2024


00:00 Introduction
02:19 Three-Pyramid-Problem
03:22 Mastaba Comparisons
05:42 Unique Architecture
09:54 Family Tombs
12:59 Temple Comparisons
14:47 Mastaba Timetable
18:03 Pharaoh's Mastaba
19:22 Sun Temples
21:31 Mastaba Looting
24:21 Sneferu's Fate
27:32 Hidden Tombs