The last pyramid built in Saqqara

Qakare Ibi was an ancient Egyptian king of the Eighth Dynasty during the early First Intermediate Period. His seat of power was Memphis, and he likely did not hold power over all of Egypt. He is one of the best attested kings of his dynasty due to the discovery of his small pyramid in South Saqqara.

Ibi's pyramid was the last built in Saqqara, located to the northeast of Shepseskaf's tomb. It was discovered by Karl Richard Lepsius in the 19th century and later excavated by Gustave Jéquier between 1929 and 1931. The structure was approximately 31.5 meters wide and 21 meters high with a slope of 53 degrees. While the outer casing was never mounted, the core was built with local limestone blocks.

Inside the monument, Jéquier found a limestone-clad corridor leading to a burial chamber. The walls of this chamber were inscribed with the last known instance of the Pyramid Texts. The burial chamber featured a flat ceiling decorated with stars, and the east side contained a serdab for a statue of the Ka. Adjacent to the pyramid is a small mudbrick chapel that served as a temple for the funerary cult of the deceased king.

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