Pyramidion
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A pyramidion is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet and associated the pyramid as a whol
Close-up of the Pyramidion of Amenemhat III at Dahshur. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
The four pyramidia at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
The restored pyramidion of the Red Pyramid at Dashur, on display beside the pyramid
Pyramidion of the chapel of Nesnubhotep, limestone with relief of a scarab and adoring baboons, 26th Dynasty, Abydos
Benben
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In the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion, Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters, and upon which the creator deity Atum settled. The Benben stone
Pyramidion
…section of an obelisk. Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet and associated the pyramid as a whole with the sacred benben stone. Pyramidia were usually made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite, and were sometimes covered with plates of copper, gold or electrum. From the…
Reconstructed apex of one of the pyramids (G1-d) of the Giza Plateau, symbolizing Benben.
Bennu bird from an Egyptian papyrus.
Bennu standing on a simple Benben depiction, from The Book of the Dead (1895 print)