Lisht
Lisht or el-Lisht is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo. It is the site of Middle Kingdom royal and elite burials, including two pyramids built by Amenemhat I and Senusret I.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Pyramid of Amenemhat I
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The pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Amenemhat I.
Pyramid of Senusret I
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The pyramid of Senusret I is an Egyptian pyramid built to be the burial place of the Pharaoh Senusret I.
Lisht
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
- Categories: village, necropolis and archaeological site
- Location: Giza Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.5667° or 29° 34' northLongitude
31.2333° or 31° 14' eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open Location Code
7GXHH68M+M8GeoNames ID
360847Wikidata ID
Q287779Lisht Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Lisjt
- Arabic: اللشت
- Arabic: اللشت، الجيزة
- Armenian: Լիշտ
- Basque: El Lisht
- Catalan: Al-Lisht
- Catalan: Itj-tawi
- Catalan: Itjtawi
- Catalan: Itytawi
- Catalan: Lisht
- Cebuano: Al Lisht
- Czech: Lišt
- Dutch: El-Lisht
- Dutch: El-lisjt
- Dutch: Lisht
- Egyptian Arabic: اللشت
- French: El-Lisht
- French: Licht
- German: El-Lischt
- German: Iti-taui
- German: Itj-taui
- German: Lischt
- German: Pyramidenkomplex von el-Lischt
- Greek: Λιστ
- Italian: El-Lisht
- Japanese: イティ・タウィ
- Lithuanian: El-Lištas
- Lithuanian: Idži-Tavi
- Lithuanian: Idži-Tavis
- Lithuanian: Ititavis
- Lithuanian: Itžtavis
- Lithuanian: Lištas
- Persian: اللشت
- Polish: Al-Liszt
- Portuguese: Lixte
- Russian: Лишт
- Slovenian: Lišt
- South Azerbaijani: اللشت
- Spanish: El-Lisht
- Spanish: El Lisht
- Swahili: Lisht
- Swedish: Lisht
- Tamil: லிஸ்டு நகரம்
- Thai: อัลลิชต์
- Vietnamese: Lisht
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Lisht. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.