#bent pyramid

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Bent Pyramid, Dahshur

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The Collapsed, Bent and Red Pyramids of Dahshur. Guest appearance by Ra.

Following the creation of Djoser's step pyramid, the Ancient Egyptians began to experiment with the true pyramid form. Snofru appears to have built no less than three pyramids. What happened to the Collapsed Pyramid is somewhat self explanatory. When it came to the Bent Pyramid, someone seem to have realised that if they continued to build at such a steep angle, they would soon have a Collapsed Pyramid Mark 2, so the angle was changed partway through to be less steep, leading to its characteristic 'bent profile. Finally, Snofru's labour force completed the Red Pyramid, the first true pyramid built in Egypt. It's not as large as the Great Pyramid on Giza, but it's y'know pretty big and impressive anyway. And as you can see by the landscape, delightfully empty of tourists! (Because somehow, most tourists groups forget that the Dahshur and Meidum cemetery complexes exist).

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Narrowly escaped Imhotep while on my Egypt trip today.

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Why the Bent Pyramid is the Best Pyramid

When I say that I love the bent pyramid I really do mean that. There’s something really special about this one. There are many pyramids that collapsed after their construction for one reason or another, but the bent pyramid is a different story. It survived to the modern day largely intact, just like the ones at Giza, but when you look at this pyramid, you don’t think “wow, what a marvel of human ingenuity”. You think “oh boy, somebody f-ed up” (Or, at least, I do.) and that? That is just so cool to me! This thing is thousands of years old, yet it’s so distinctly human.

The story of the pyramid is that they began construction, but the ground in the area wouldn’t support the initial angle that they planned to build at, so they had to change it. And then, about, half way through they had to change it again in a far more dramatic way than the initial change.

And you hear that story and you think “oh boy, I would NOT have wanted to be the one who had to tell the king that!” And the fact that you think that? It's so special. It connects you to the past in a way that the Giza pyramids don't. To real people that you’re feeling empathy for on a personal level just by looking at this thing. You don't have to go do research or study anything. The monument speaks for itself.

And that’s why I love this pyramid.

Also, fun fact, the reason I use "King" here and not "Pharaoh" is that Pharaoh wasn't the term for the king of Egypt at this time in history. Instead, the word you want to use is "nswt-bjtj" (neh-suit-bee-tea). And, if we're being really technical, the word for the king wasn't ever really "Pharaoh". That's the Greek-ification of it. The ancient Egyptian word was "par'aah" (pair-ay-ha).

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Pharaoh Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid at Dashur

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2019 Aug 31 - Dahshur

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Egypt's 'Bent Pyramid' Opens for First Time in More Than 50 Years

For the first time since 1965, two pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians, including the unique "Bent Pyramid," are being opened to the public, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.

The two pyramids — the Bent Pyramid and its satellite in the Dashur royal necropolis — sit about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Cairo. Both are more than 4,000 years old.

Along with the announcement, made Saturday (July 13), the ministry revealed its latest discoveries of stone, clay and wooden sarcophagi, some of which contained mummies with wooden funerary masks. The findings also included stone-cutting tools dated to the Late Period, which lasted from 664 B.C. to 332 B.C., or about the time of Alexander the Great. Read more.

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After 84 Years, Dahshour's Bent Pyramid Opens to Visitors

Source: cbc.ca In a wider move to boost tourism to Egypt's various archeological site, the ministry of Antiquities has opened the bent pyramid of the Old kingdom ruler Senefru in Dashour to the public. The bent was closed for major development and renovation; it is the first time that it opens to visitors since 1965, as per Minister of Antiquities Khaled El Enani. The pyramid, one of the key highlights of Dahshour, is registered in UNESCO's World Heritage list. It affectionally got its name from the sudden shift in its incline, about halfway through the construction. It was meant to look like its northern counterparts in Giza, however, the pyramid's instability suffered as it was being built on silty clay, thus its angle shifted from 54 degree to 43. Source: Ministry of Antiquities The pyramid, intended to be the burial place of the founder of the fourth dynasty King Senefreu, reflects an important stage of the development in the construction of the royal tombs. Following the step

I’m leading a tour to Egypt later this year and I CAN. NOT. WAIT. to see this. When I first went to Egypt, the whole area was off limits, and we had to sneak up to the pyramid. This will be amazing.