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I find all of the pyramids fascinating. The pyramidion (capstone) for Amenemhat III’s pyramid was actually found near the site. It is made of black granite, ~6’ along each base, enscribed with heiroglyphs, and weighs ~4 tons.
A German Egyptologist found over 80 individual pyramids in the 1840s. To date, over 160 individual pyramid sites have been documented.