-AL-Lahun

The town of Lahun has been dominated since ancient times by the Bahr Yusif, the canal which divers water from the Nile and carries it to Lahun where it is dispersed throughtout the Fayoum.

In fact, an ancient papyrus indicates that the name of the town is taken from the ancient Egyptian Ra-Hunt, meaning the opening of the canal.

Pyramid Complex of Senusert II, also of the 12 Dyn. The Valley Temple, 1.6km to the E, is very ruined. On the edge of the cultivation c 2km NE are the remains of an extensive mud-brick town, Kahun, probably built to house the temple officials although Petrie, who excavated it, thought it was for the workmen. Against the E face of the pyramid the MortuaryTemple, now also much destroyed, probably in the 19 Dyn., is of red granite and decorated with inscriptions and carvings. The Pyramid ofSenusert II stands on a natural outcrop of rock and is built of mud brick, originally with a stone casing which was extensively robbed in antiquity The entrance is on the S side (now inaccessible) to confuse the tomb robbers; the burial chamber is lined with red granite slabs and contained a red granite sarcophagus. To the NE is a Subsidiary Pyramid. Around both pyramids is a mud-brick wall