In the ancient central district further south, pyramidal mounds up to 25 meters held administrative structures.

The observatory is on top of a 33-foot pyramidal mound and has architectural features for sighting the astronomical solstices.

Each has platforms, pyramidal mounds, residential areas and tombs.

The most important pyramidal mound is located in the center of the site and other, smaller one is located to the extreme west.

The Capitolium is a truncated pyramidal mound with three ramps leading to its summit.

The flat-topped, pyramidal mounds were constructed in several stages.

The imagery of the pyramidal mound derived from the highest mounds of earth emerging as the river receded.

These two groups eventually converged, resulting in a great upheaval, which produced the pyramidal mound.

Ptah was also associated with Tatjenen, the god who personified the pyramidal mound.

It is known chiefly for its huge pyramidal mounds of compacted earth.