Editing Egyptian pyramids (section)

===Abu Rawash===
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[[File:Abu Rawash Pyramid.jpg|thumb|The largely destroyed [[Pyramid of Djedefre]] ]]

Abu Rawash is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid (other than the ruins of Lepsius pyramid number one),{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} the mostly ruined [[Pyramid of Djedefre]], son and successor of [[Khufu]]. Originally it was thought that this pyramid had never been completed, but the current archaeological consensus is that not only was it completed, but that it was originally about the same size as the [[Pyramid of Menkaure]], which would have placed it among the half-dozen or so largest pyramids in Egypt.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Its location adjacent to a major crossroads made it an easy source of stone. Quarrying, which began in Roman times, has left little apart from about fifteen courses of stone superimposed upon the natural hillock that formed part of the pyramid's core. A small adjacent satellite pyramid is in a better state of preservation.