<P> Also at Dahshur is the pyramid known as the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, as well as a number of small, mostly ruined subsidiary pyramids . </P> <P> Located to the south of Dahshur, several mudbrick pyramids were built in this area in the late Middle Kingdom, perhaps for Amenemhat IV and Sobekneferu . </P> <P> Two major pyramids are known to have been built at Lisht--those of Amenemhat I and his son, Senusret I . The latter is surrounded by the ruins of ten smaller subsidiary pyramids . One of these subsidiary pyramids is known to be that of Amenemhat's cousin, Khaba II . The site which is in the vicinity of the oasis of the Faiyum, midway between Dahshur and Meidum, and about 100 kilometres south of Cairo, is believed to be in the vicinity of the ancient city of Itjtawy (the precise location of which remains unknown), which served as the capital of Egypt during the Twelfth Dynasty . </P> <P> The pyramid at Meidum is one of three constructed during the reign of Sneferu, and is believed by some to have been started by that pharaoh's father and predecessor, Huni . However, that attribution is uncertain, as no record of Huni's name has been found at the site . </P>

The pharaohs of this time period built the largest and most famous tombs called pyramids