Black Pyramids

The Black Pyramids were black stone monuments built by the Serpent-Men during the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, still present in Stygia during the Hyborian Age.[1] The Children of Set (such as the Man-Serpents) were said to be slumbering in caverns below the Black Pyramids.[2]

The major pyramids were located near Khemi, the religious capital of Stygia.[1] The Black Pyramids included:

  • The Forbidden Temple of Set, a hall of the dead near Khemi.[3]

Other, seemingly unrelated, Black Pyramids included:

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Stygia's profile
  2. Conan the Barbarian #7
  3. Savage Sword of Conan #10 ; Conan the Conqueror: The Sacred Son of Set