Lisht - Pyramid of Amenemhet I

The smaller and more northerly of the two pyramids is the Pyramid of Amenemhet I. This originally had a height of 190ft/58m and a base measurement of 275ft/84m and, as occasional fragments of inscriptions indicate, was partly built of stone from older tombs at Saqqara and Giza. As in most pyramids, the entrance is on the north side. From there a passage leads down to the tomb chamber, now flooded as a result of a rise in the water table and, therefore, inaccessible.

Within the enclosure wall lay a smaller pyramid for the Queen and, exceptionally, the Tomb of Antefoker, Superintendent of the Royal Tombs. Around the main pyramid were found numbers of lizard mummies. The mortuary temple belonging to the pyramid lay on a lower rock terrace to the east. It was adorned with lively if sometimes rather coarsely executed reliefs.