Teti, the originator of the sixth dynasty, build his pyramid on a spot in North Saqqara, north-east of Userkaf’s pyramid. Originally 172 ft (52.5 m) high, it slumped to little more than a rubble mound when the outer casing was robbed in antiquity.

Inside, the layout mimics that used by Unas. When it was discovered, it was found that the basalt sarcophagus was inscribed with a band of Pyramid Texts, the first time such a thing had been seen. The walls had been likewise decorated, but these reliefs were not in as good condition as they had been in Unas’s pyramid.

Pepi I moved his pyramid site to South Saqqara – it is probable that all the land in North and Central Saqqara was now occupied. Originally the same height as Teti’s (172 ft / 52.5 m), it is now a rubble mound about 39 ft (12 m) high, the result of the core collapsing following the robbing of the outer casing. In the centre of this mound is a large crater, dug by stone robbers looking for building materials.

Inside the pyramid, it is similar to Teti’s, the principal difference being that the Pyramid Texts had expanded to cover most of the walls, not just the end of the corridor, antechamber and burial chamber. Interestingly, the canopic chest survived, and a packet of viscera, presumably belonging to Pepi I, was found nearby. The sarcophagus was covered inside and out with Pyramid Texts.

To the south of the pyramid, an inscription made by Khaemwaset, the same man who had restored Unas’s pyramid, was found in 1993.