"While excavating Sekhemkhet’s 3rd Dynasty pyramid at Saqqara, Zakaria Goneim identified traces of what he called “foot-hold embankments” on the exterior of the pyramid, intended to give workmen access to higher levels, and a construction ramp on the pyramid’s west side that led to the pyramid’s center(Goneim 1956, 71).· The very small pyramid at Sinki, in South Abydos, has a ramp perpendicular to each face.1· Traces of two ramps with bases 165 feet long were found at Lisht leading onto the 12th Dynasty pyramid of Senusret I(Arnold 1991, 87)."