The 12th Dynasty Pyramid of Senwosret I at Lisht is one of best preserved funerary complexes of the Middle Kingdom. Excavations by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and others have uncovered the remains of a central pyramid, ka pyramid, pyramid temple, nine subsidiary pyramids, a causeway, and a finely carved enclosure wall. In 2001 The Metropolitan Museum of Art commissioned computer reconstructions of the site for exhibition in its gallery of artwork from the pyramid of Senwosret I. The Supervising Archaeologist was Dr. Dieter Arnold, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s excavations at Lisht. David Johnson of The Museum of Reconstructions was the Digital Architect. This reconstruction is based primarily on drawings and data from Dieter Arnold’s The Pyramid of Senwosret I and The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I, volumes 22 and 25 in the Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition.1

Project Status:

• Computer models of the main pyramid and complex – Completed
• Online exhibit and reconstruction report – Awaiting funding
• Animations – Awaiting funding
• Public domain computer model – Awaiting funding

Notes:

1. Arnold, D., The Pyramid of Senwosret I; Arnold, D., The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I

Bibliography:

Arnold, D. 1988. The Pyramid of Senwosret I. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arnold, D. 1992. The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art