The height of each of these pyramids is five hundred cubits, and its width at the base is equal to its height. The entire structure is built of marble stones, each stone being five spans high and ten cubits long, or longer, depending on the geometry and the placement of the stone next to it. As its construction rises above the ground, it narrows until its top is about a camel's load. Whoever wishes to visit them by land can go to Al-Hajiza on the sea, and from Al-Hajiza to the village of Dahshur is three miles. There is the prison of Yusuf. From there, it is about ten miles to Al-Barbarin, and between the pyramid and the pyramid is about ten miles. Between them and the nearest point to the Nile is five miles. In some of its walls, there is writing, most of which has worn away. Inside each pyramid, there is a passage where people walk. Between these two pyramids, there is a passage dug into the ground, clear from one to the other. It is said that they are markers for the tombs of kings, and it is mentioned that before they were tombs, they were granaries for crops. In Egypt, on the western side, there is the city of Al-Fayoum, and between them are two stages. Al-Fayoum is a large city with gardens, trees, fruits, and crops. It has two sides on the Wadi Al-Lahun, which is far from being described. It has two water channels at the time of the flood to ensure a continuous water supply. Above them, by intended trade, the city of Al-Fayoum itself is a stable city with many fruits and crops. Most of its crops are rice, which is the most abundant in all its regions and climate. Its air is not suitable for those who enter it from the desert, nor for strangers residing there. It has traces of great buildings, and its districts are named after it and attributed to it. This surrounding civilization is all under a wall that encompasses all its affairs and surrounds all its cities and lands, and what is within it.