The Southern South Saqqara Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb which was built during the 13th Dynasty in South Saqqara, and is renowned for having the most elaborate hypogeum since the late 12t
Isometric view of the hypogeum with the slabs over the larger sarcophagus chamber removed
Diagram showing how the main sarcophagus chamber was sealed, with the large slabs atop the quartzite monolith being lowered into place by displacing sand
Imyremeshaw
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Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw was a minor king of the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. He apparently had a short reign and is mainly attested in the Memphis-Faiyum region in Egypt.
Southern South Saqqara pyramid
…compared with the standards of the period. Jéquier proposed that the pyramid belonged to a close predecessor or successor of Khendjer such as Wegaf or Imyremeshaw. Ryholt excluded Wegaf due to his too-brief reign compared to the regnal years on the construction labels, and rather proposed Imyremeshaw or his…
Granite statue of Imyremeshaw in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Syenite statue of Imyremeshaw photographed by Flinders Petrie during his excavations at Tanis