el-Lahun

monument · 2010 BC – 2099 AD

el-Lahun was a planned 'pyramid town' that supported a royal mortuary complex and other activities associated with the Pyramid of Senusret II, which was located less than a kilometer west of the settlement.

Coordinates

29.23602, 30.98329

Also known as

Illahun (ar), Kahun (en), Kahun (en), Lahun (en), Lahun (en), el-Lahun, El Lahun, El Lāhūn (ar), اللاهون (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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