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Teti
is the founder king of the 6th
dynasty. Mariette discovered his pyramid in 1850s. It is
to the northeast of Djoser's
complex -south of the tombs of 6th dynasty nobles: Mereruka,
Kagemni and Ankhmahor-.
The pyramid at the present time looks like a mound of rubble
rather than a true pyramid. It was originally filled with stones
and encased with limestone. This was part of a complex that
also included a funerary temple -that has sanctuary, storerooms
and a secondary smaller pyramid- and causeway that was supposed
to run to a valley temple.
The pyramid was about 53 meters (174 ft) in height. Time and
stone-robbers did much to cause the current crumbling state
of the pyramid.
The entrance is from the north side at a ground level. The burial
chamber still contains the basalt sarcophagus
with a broken lid adorned with parts of the Pyramids Texts
that also decorates chambers and passages of the pyramid. Like
most pyramids and tombs, the contents of this pyramid were plundered.
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