A new pyramid at Saqqara of Queen Setibhor

A new pyramid at Saqqara of Queen Setibhor

The team also investigated a pyramid located beside that of Djedkare Isesi, finding that it belonged to a queen named Setibhor. An inscription found on a column within the pyramid reads: "The one who sees Horus and Seth, the great one of the hetes sceptre, the great of praise, king's wife, his beloved Setibhor".

Queen Setibhor's titles

Queen pyramid's complex

While archaeologists had known about the existence of that pyramid, until now they hadn't realized it had been built for a queen. The pyramid complex of queen Setibhor represents one of the earliest pyramids built in south Saqqara at the end of the 5th Dynasty, and it is the largest pyramid complex built for a queen during the Old Kingdom. Moreover, her funerary temple incorporated architectural elements and chambers that were otherwise reserved for the king.
The large size of the pyramid complex of queen Setibhor and her title of queen's wife indicate perhaps her direct intervention in helping her husband, king Djedkare, ascend the throne of Egypt at the end of the 5th Dynasty.