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Pyramid of Hawara
The Pyramid of Hawara ( Arsinoiton Polis) was built by the King Amunemhat III during the twelfth Dynasty. The pyramid itself was built in typical 12th Dynasty fashion with a mudbrick core and a casing of fine white limestone. It `s casing removed in the Roman times, it looks like a heap of rubble, but the site was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Egypt. The labyrinth that amazed the Greek traveler ( Herodotus) who visited this Place and found it to surpass the descriptions He said the Labyrinth was believed to have been hewn from one single rock and contained over 3000 rooms, It was also mentioned by almost every ancient traveler.
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