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Table of all known royal pyramids in Egypt
In the Old and Middle Kingdom only the kings and some queens were buried in pyramids.

name of king	Dynasty	location	satellite pyramid	pyramids of queens
Djoser	Third Dynasty	Saqqara
Semerkhet		Saqqara
Khaba		Zawiyet el-Aryan
unknown king		Abu Rowash
Snefru	Fourth Dynasty	Meydum	1
Snefru		Dahshur (bent pyramid)	1
Snefru		Dahshur (red pyramid)
Khufu		Gizeh	1	3
Djedefre		Abu Rowash	1		Valloggia 2001
Khafre		Gizeh	1
Nebka (?)		Zawiyet el-Aryan
Menkawre		Gizeh		3
Userkaf	Fifth Dynasty	Saqqara	1	1
Sahure		Abusir	1
Neferikare		Abusir
Khentkaus (queen's mother)		Abusir	1
Shepseskare		Abusir (?)
Neferefre		Abusir
Niuserre		Abusir	1
queen Renputnebu (?) (Lespsius XXIV)		Abusir	1
Lepsius XXV		Abusir
Djedkare		Saqqara (south)	1
wife of Djedkare		Saqqara (south)	1
Unas		Saqqara	1
Teti	Sixth Dynasty	Saqqara	1	2
Pepy I		Saqqara (south)	1	3
Merenre		Saqqara (south)
Pepy II		Saqqara (south)	1	3
Ibi	Eigth Dynasty	Saqqara (south)
Merykare (?)	10th Dynasty	Saqqara
Amenemhat I	Twelfth Dynasty	Lisht
Senusret I		Lisht	1	9
Amenemhat II		Dahshur
Senusret II		Lahun	1
Senusret III		Dahshur		7
Amenemhat III		Dahshur
Amenemhat III		Hawara
Ameny Qemaw	13th Dynasty	Dahshur			Swelim/Dodson 1998
Amenemhat V (?)		Dahshur
unknown king		Mazghunah (north)
unknown king		Mazghunah
Khendjer		Saqqara (south)	1		Jéquier 1933
unknown king		Saqqara (south)			Jéquier 1933
unknown king		Dahshur			Stadelmann/Alexanian 1998: 312-313
unknown king		Dahshur

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