Pyramid of Hetepheres I (G 7000x) Travel Guide: Top Sights in Egypt,

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Pyramid of Hetepheres I (G 7000x)- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Egypt; 5 Reviews

Suggested Duration: 3 hours

The Tomb of Hetepheres I (G 7000x) is located at Giza's Eastern Cemetery, near the Great Pyramid. Discovered in 1925 by George Andrew Reisner's team, it is the burial site of Hetepheres I, the mother of Pharaoh Khufu and possibly the wife of King Sneferu. The tomb features a deep shaft leading to a chamber filled with fragments of royal burial objects, offering a rare glimpse into Old Kingdom funerary practices. Though the alabaster sarcophagus was found empty, the sealed canopic jar with the queen's entrails remained intact. The tomb's unusual contents suggest it may have been a hidden or emergency burial, rather than the queen's primary tomb.

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Reviews of Pyramid of Hetepheres I

Žiga Deisinger

5
Reviewed: 2024-07-03

Nice small pyramid, it was tougher to get inside than to go inside The Great Pyramid of Giza.
Heart

4
Reviewed: 2024-01-18

One of the smaller pyramids you can enter. It's a short steep descent into a pit with a burial chamber. About halfway down all of the power went out and I was left in total darkness. That was actually kind of nice and creepy. Some guy at the bottom tried to con me into giving him my camera and lying in the grave.
Pete B

5
Reviewed: 2023-07-22

This is a small pyramid of the Queen Hetepheres next to the great pyramid of Khufu. It is FREE to enter once you are on site, not like the 3 Great Pyramids which cost $15 and $10. Its a long claustrophobic decent to the bottom of this pyramid (tricky for taller people) and it reveals a small underground burial chamber. It's hot, stuffy and crampped and was difficult to get into down the final ladder. It was a great experience to enter into an ancient tomb of Queen Hetepheres I - who lived 4600 years ago!
Țuțuianu Corneliu

5
Reviewed: 2021-04-09

A great experience (recommended by our guide instead of going inside the Great Pyramid which has a narrow staircase and is hotter and 10x expensive).
Yaniv Berman

4
Reviewed: 2019-02-02

From the outside it's just another small pyramid next to the great pyramid of Khufu, but a long decent to the bottom of this pyramid reveals a small underground burial chamber. It's empty with no visible inscriptions, but nonetheless offer a nice pick into the past.