About 8 kilometers as the crow flies north from the Pyramids of Giza plateau, is the region of Abu Rawash, containing archaeological remains from different periods ranging from the Early Dynastic to the Coptic period. They are almost exclusively funerary features, covering all phases of the Pharaonic period and places of worship for the most recent eras. And one of these sites, which dates back to the Old Kingdom, is in a terrible state and is the subject of much speculation. Not much of it remains today, leaving archaeologists scratching their heads.

Was it unfinished, or was it just meant to be as it appears today? Could it have been a solar temple or a water reservoir? Or was it a pyramid destroyed in antiquity?

In today’s video, we will dive into the mysteries of the bewildering pyramid at Abu Rawash as we look into what the archaeologists discovered at this site that was overlooked for so long.