Abusir Pyramids & The City of The Dead Egypt Location: Abusir Pyramids and The City of The Dead Egypt is located at 1.2 miles north of Saqqara, but still at some distance to the south of Giza. Its three main surviving pyramids can easily be seen from the funerary complex of Horus Netjerkhet. How to get there? By vehicle: If you need a private transfer, Memphis tours can arrange that for you by Air-conditioned modern vehicle from anywhere in Cairo or Giza.   Sightseeing: The first royal monument that was built at Abusir was Userkaf's, Solar Temple. Several kings of Userkaf's dynasty would not only follow his example and build their own Solar Temple at Abusir (even though only Userkaf's and Niuserre's have been located), they would also use the site for their funerary monument. One important factor that must have played an important role in the choice of this site is the presence of Abusir Lake, which made the site easily accessible by boat. King Userka...

  It consists of a forecourt, a great pylon , the open courtyards, the cult chapels and storehouses. The one of Horemheb being, to date, the oldest known where stone was also used, in the shape of beautiful blocks of fine Tura limestone. The interior courtyards and the chapels, as well as the outside faces of the pylon were decorated with the help of these carefully adjusted blocks, decorated with scenes and hieroglyphic inscriptions engraved and painted (except the pylon). The three phases of construction The first phase of the construction included two courtyards and the western chapels,Courtyard  was in mud bricks, undecorated and without relief. The second phase consists essentially of the development of courtyard , which becomes a room, the statue room, flanked on each side, separated by a thick mud brick wall, a store room with an arched roof. The group was covered. The front opened onto a new courtyard. The last phase sees the erection of the present pylon in the east, ...