Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Mgbe Perring nyochachara ihe ndị a, o liri ọwara ndị ohi ahụ nke a na-enweghị ike iru eru ya ruo taa. Pyramid nke Userkaf banyere n'ihe ndekọ ndị ọchịchị afọ ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị na 1842 mgbe Karl Richard Lepsius depụtara ya na ndepụta ya nke pyramid n'okpuru nọmba XXXI. Ebe ọ bụ na Perring eliela ọwara ndị ohi n'oge ahụ, K. R. Lepsius enyochaghị pyramid ahụ ọzọ. A leghaara pyramid ahụ anya ruo n'October 1927, mgbe Cecil Mallaby Firth na onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ Jean-Philippe Lauer malitere igwu ala ebe ahụ. N'oge mbụ nke igwu ala, Firth na Lauer kpochapụrụ akụkụ ndịda nke ebe pyramid ahụ, na-achọpụta ụlọ nsọ ozu nke Userkaf na ili nke oge Saite. N'afọ sochirinụ, Firth na Lauer kpughere otu ihe e ji okwute mee bụ́ nke e ji okwute mee bụ́ nke e ji okwute mee bụ́ nke e ji okwute mee bụ́ nke e ji nkume granite na-acha ọbara ọbara mee bụ́ nke Userkaf kpụrụ, si otú a chọpụta na ọ bụ ya nwe pyramid ahụ. Mgbe Firth nwụsịrị na 1931 ọ dịghị ebe a na-egwu ala n'ebe ahụ ruo mgbe Lauer maliteghachiri ha na 1948. Lauer rụrụ ọrụ n'ebe ahụ ruo n'afọ 1955, na-emezigharị ma na-atụgharị ụlọ nsọ ebe a na-edebe ozu ma na-enyocha akụkụ ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke pyramid ahụ. E mere nnyocha n'akụkụ ugwu na ọdịda anyanwụ nke ụlọ ebe a na-edebe ozu na-amalite na 1976 site n'aka Ahmed el-Khouli onye gwuru ma weghachite ọnụ ụzọ pyramid ahụ. Otú ọ dị, ala ọma jijiji mere n'afọ 1991 mere ka mkpọmkpọ ebe kpuchie ọnụ ụzọ ya. Ọ bụ Audran Labrousse rụrụ ọrụ na nso nso a na pyramid ahụ na 2000.  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe Lauer malitere igwu ala ọzọ?
Afọ 1948