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The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Cairo, ...
The first of the Dahshur pyramids was the Bent Pyramid (2613–2589 BC), built under the rule of King Sneferu. The Bent Pyramid was the first attempt at building a smooth sided pyramid, but proved to be an unsuccessful build due to the miscalculations made on the structural weight that was being placed onto the soft ground (sand, gravel, and ...
The pyramid was first correctly identified by Egyptologist Cecil Firth in 1928 [4] (though Firth died in 1931 and excavations there only recommenced in 1948, under Jean-Philippe Lauer). Perring opened the northern entrance into the Bent Pyramid and added some graffiti inside the nearby Red Pyramid at Dahshur, which can still be viewed today. [5]
The southern Pyramid of Sneferu, commonly known as the Bent Pyramid, is believed to be the first Egyptian pyramid intended by its builders to be a "true" smooth-sided pyramid from the outset; the earlier pyramid at Meidum had smooth sides in its finished state, but it was conceived and built as a step pyramid, before having its steps filled in ...
Great Pyramid of Giza: 138.5 454 2560 BC Giza, Egypt: Pyramid of Khafre: 136.4 448 2570 BC Giza, Egypt: Red Pyramid: 105 344 c. 2600 BC Cairo, Egypt: Bent Pyramid: 104.71 344 c. 2600 BC Cairo, Egypt: Toniná pyramid 74 243 Chiapas, Mexico: Much of height includes hilltop. La Danta: 72 236 c. 400BC El Petén, Guatemala: Height not independently ...
Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 2 queens pyramids. 6th Pepi I: Pyramid of Pepi I (The beauty of Pepi may endure) South Saqqara 78.75 52.5 107,835 53° 7' 48" Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 5 queens pyramids.
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In the hundred years prior to Giza—beginning with Djoser, who ruled from 2687 to 2667 BC, and amongst dozens of other temples, smaller pyramids, and general construction projects—four other massive pyramids were built: the Step pyramid of Saqqara (believed to be the first Egyptian pyramid), the pyramid of Meidum, the Bent Pyramid, and the ...