Bent Pyramid
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 peak.[1] It is believed this was a precautionary measure taken by the king and his architects. It is possible that concerns regarding the structural stability of the pyramid had been raised in a tense climate where the dramatic fate of the Meidum Pyramid still continued to cast a long shadow. Regardless of the reason, it seems self evident that Sneferu was yet again unimpressed with his imperfect creation as he moved site just a stones throw north of the Bent Pyramid to begin work on what would come to be known as his masterpiece and the worlds first true pyramid, the Red Pyramid.
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]