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[[File: | [[File:AC Origins Bent Pyramid .jpg|thumb|245x245px|The Bent Pyramid of King Sneferu as seen from the north east.]] | ||
The '''Bent Pyramid''' (ancient name: '''Sneferu Shining in the South''') is an ancient [[Egypt|Egyptian]] pyramid built under the reign of the {{Wiki|Fourth Dynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty}} Pharaoh [[Sneferu]] around 2600 BCE, and is located in the [[Saqqara Nome]]. | The '''Bent Pyramid''' (ancient name: '''Sneferu Shining in the South''') is an ancient [[Egypt|Egyptian]] pyramid built under the reign of the {{Wiki|Fourth Dynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty}} Pharaoh [[Sneferu]] around 2600 BCE, and is located in the [[Saqqara Nome]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In reality, the Bent Pyramid along with the Red Pyramid are located at a site called Dahshur. | *In reality, the Bent Pyramid along with the Red Pyramid are located at a site called Dahshur. | ||
*By the 21st century, the Bent Pyramid is the only pyramid in Egypt to retain most of its polished outer casing of fine white limestone. | *By the 21st century, the Bent Pyramid is the only pyramid in Egypt to retain most of its polished outer casing of fine white limestone.<gallery> | ||
AC Origins Bent Pyramid Satellite .jpg|The Satellite Pyramid of the Bent Pyramid. | |||
ACO Bent Pyramid.jpg|Bent Pyramid as seen from above. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:08, 10 January 2018
The Bent Pyramid (ancient name: Sneferu Shining in the South) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid built under the reign of the Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh Sneferu around 2600 BCE, and is located in the Saqqara Nome.
A product of early attempts by the Egyptians to perfect pyramid construction, the awkward looking monument is so-called because of its sudden shift in degree of inclination from 54 degrees to 43 degrees partway up to its apex.[1] The surrounding complex of the Bent Pyramid includes a ruined satellite pyramid at its south west corner, the remains of a mortuary temple along its eastern face and a dilapidated stone causeway that leads down to the bank of the Nile.
In 48 BCE, some two and a half thousand years after the pyramid's construction, the Medjay Bayek hunted Rudjek of the Order of the Ancients to the Bent Pyramid where he slew him and knocked his bodyguard Hypatos unconscious.[2] Sometime later, Rudjek's mistress Suphia discovered the fate of her spouse and later buried him in a sarcophagus in the pyramid.[3]
Trivia
- In reality, the Bent Pyramid along with the Red Pyramid are located at a site called Dahshur.
- By the 21st century, the Bent Pyramid is the only pyramid in Egypt to retain most of its polished outer casing of fine white limestone.
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The Satellite Pyramid of the Bent Pyramid. -
Bent Pyramid as seen from above.
