It is one of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. It is located in the village of Hawara, 9 km southeast of the city of Fayoum, from which it took its name. The pyramid was built of mud bricks and then clad on the outside with limestone. It is 58 meters high and each side is 100 meters long. In 1889, the English scientist Flinders Petrie succeeded in entering the pyramid and reaching the burial chamber, which consists of one huge block of quartzite and weighs 110 tons and has no door, but the thieves managed to reach it through a hole in the ceiling and looted its most important contents. The pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III of the Twelfth Dynasty. The area surrounding the pyramid includes a group of antiquities, including the tomb of Princess Neferu Ptah, the remains of the Lapprent Palace, and cemeteries from the late period, in which Fayoum portraits were found.