Satellite Pyramid GIII-a
Description: Pyramid GIII-a is the easternmost of the three satellite pyramids of the Pyramid of Menkaure. Archaeologists believe that the Satellite Pyramid was the tomb of the king’s wife, but no direct evidence of this has been found. Almost the only suggestion put forward by the Egyptologist George Reisner is that the Pyramid belonged to the wife of Menkaure, Queen Khamerernebty II. The entrance to the Pyramid was first cleared and described in 1837 by Colonel Howard Vyse, together with engineer and archaeologist John Shae Perring. They managed to find a granite sarcophagus sunk into the floor of the burial chamber and several fragments of pottery. Today, the Satellite Pyramid is a relatively well-preserved pyramidal structure with casing blocks in some places at its base. The descending corridor and the burial chamber are located below the level of the bedrock surface.Alternative names: Pyramid of Menkaure's Queen I
Lepsius No: 12
Type: True Pyramid
Location: Giza Plateau
Country: Egypt
