[{SlideShowNav}] !!!The Pyramids at Dashur [{Image src='410eg.jpg' width='540' height='371' caption='Image courtesy of NASA. ' popup='false' alt='The Pyramids at Dashur' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='The Pyramids at Dashur'}] \\ The pyramids at Dashur, about 40 km (25 mi) south of Cairo. The gray-brown built-up area of the village of Dashur in the upper right is surrounded by the green agricultural land of the Nile Delta, which forms a distinct boundary with the tan desert to the west. It is in the desert that the monuments of the ancient rulers of Egypt are found.