The Pyramids Of Hawara

Egypt contains large number of Pyramids and each one of them had its own story make it distinguish, the archaeological sites of Hawara Pyramid lies at The village of Hawara, It was built by King Amenemhat III of Dynasty 12 in the village of Hawara, just 9 km southeast of the city of Fayoum it is covered with mud-brick and limestone with height of 58 meters and a length of 100 meters at each side.
The Pyramid of Hawara was a large structure and it was 58 meters high and each side of the base of the pyramid was around 100 meters long, The Hawara Pyramid sometimes called the Black Pyramid, the planning of its lower structure was very complicated and probably influenced by the design of the Sakkara Step Pyramid in Cairo.

The Village of Hawara:

This village contains plenty of archaeological sites, it lies 9km south west fayoum oasis, t has an ancient name of “Hat wa Aart” which means the footstep, Some archeologists were able to unearth some of the most wonderful portraits in Hawara, which are famous now for being called "the Portraits of the Fayoum". These are 146 portraits of different people drawn with paint and they date to the period from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD.