Location :

Located south of Cairo and south to Dashur, not far from Meidum.

How to reach?

By vehicle:
If you need a private transfer, Memphis tours can arrange that for you by Air-conditioned modern vehicle from anywhere in Cairo or Giza.

Explanation:

When Amenemhat I came to power, he left Thebes and founded a new capital, somewhere in the north. This new capital, which he named Itj-Tawi, "the one that seizes the Two Lands", has never been located. The fact, however, that almost every king of the 12th Dynasty built his funerary monument near the Fayum oasis, has led to the assumption that Amenemhat's new capital must have been located somewhere near that oasis.

Amenemhat I's funerary monument can be found near the modern-day village of el-Lisht, a site located to the south of Dashur, not far away from Meidum. It is not unreasonable to assume that he choose this site because it was near to his new capital, since he was followed in this by his successor, Sesostris I.