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	Dashur, Cradle of the Pyramids -- The Bent Pyramid of Snofru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dashur, Cradle of the Pyramids -- The Bent Pyramid of Snofru
		This pyramid, with a base length of 53 metres and a height of 32.5 metres, was probably an adaptation of the concept of the South Tomb found in the complex of Netjerikhet at Saqqara.
		Eventhough this pyramid was finally completed, including additional constructions such as the satellite pyramid and the Mortuary Temple, Snofru was buried in his third pyramid: the Red Pyramid, built a couple of kilometres North of the Bent Pyramid.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /topography/dashur/bent_pyramid.html (858 words)

	Guardian's Dahshur
		The Bent pyramid is a fascinating structure which raises as many questions as it answers about the evolution of the pyramid.
		Although parts of the casing are crumbling away, this pyramid gives the best idea of the sparkling brilliance that the pyramids of Egypt had before their casings were stripped away.
		In front of the pyramid at the center of its east side lies the remains of the Mortuary temple of Sneferu.
	www.guardians.net /egypt/cyberjourney/dahshur/bentpyramid/bent1.htm (496 words)

	Bent Pyramid
		The builder of the Bent Pyramid is thought to have been the Pharaoh Snefru (2680-2565 BC), who was the first ruler of the 4th Dynasty.
		Although various theories have been proposed to explain the curious change in angle which gives the Bent Pyramid its name, the most convincing reason for its shape was the necessity to remedy the cracks and fissures caused by subsidence which began to appear even while this pyramid was being built.
		The upper half of the pyramid was completed at an angle of 43 degrees to a height of 105 m (344 ft) with smaller stones laid in horizontal rather than inwardly sloping courses to diminish the weight of the mass.
	www.crystalinks.com /bentpyr.html (1124 words)

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		Owing to the destruction of the outer casing around the base of the Bent Pyramid, the lines of the sides must be found in some places by projecting the slope of the casing still remaining higher up the side, down to base-level.
		In endeavouring to describe the proportions of the Bent Pyramid as accurately as possible, I took account of the numerous measurements of the casing-angle taken by Petrie, which show a marked convexity in the faces of the pyramid in both the lower and upper sections.
		No points were observed by him on the upper part of the pyramid on any side, and the base-edge of this part was instead calculated by assuming that the steeper casing-angle which was used generally near the base of the pyramid, could be applied uniformly on each side.
	www.legon.demon.co.uk /bentprob.htm (2091 words)

	Bent Pyramid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Like most Egyptian pyramids, the Bent Pyramid has an entrance on its north face, but if you look closely at this photo of the west side, you'll see a fl square half-way up and to the right of center, which is another entrance.
		The Red Pyramid (sometimes also called the North Pyramid) was built by Sneferu straight after the Bent Pyramid, and is visible on the left of this photo.
		The casings of the other pyramids were largely pilfered by later generations who took the materials to build their own temples, churches and mosques.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Travel/Egypt/Dahshur/BentPyramid (458 words)

	The Geometry of the Bent Pyramid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irregularities in the form of the Bent Pyramid, which Dorner attributes to settlements in the core-masonry, are found to reflect the complexities encountered by the builders in the fulfilment of an exceptionally ambitious project.
		It is generally assumed that the unique double-sloping profile of the Bent Pyramid was brought about during the construction when the builders, noticing a settlement in the masonry, decided to reduce the pyramid's eventual volume by lessening the external casing-angle.
		Soon after the construction of the Bent Pyramid, the measure of 280 cubits was used for the height of the Great Pyramid, which was divided into parts of 82 and 198 or 2 x 99 cubits at the level of the 'King's Chamber'.
	www.legon.demon.co.uk /bentpyr.htm (1980 words)

	Dahshur pyramids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		You can't approach the Black Pyramid because it's still in a restricted military zone, so this photo was taken with a long lens from the Bent Pyramid, described later.
		Thieves were breaking into burial chambers even from the earliest days, so the passageways inside the pyramids were deliberately made to be difficult to follow, with deep pits for unwary grave robbers to fall into and stone blocks called portcullises which were lowered from the ceiling to block the path.
		As you can see, much of the outer limestone covering is still intact, and yet this pyramid is older than the Black Pyramid, the Red Pyramid, or any of the pyramids at Giza, all of which have lost most of their outer layers to the ravages of time and pilfering by later generations of builders.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Travel/Egypt/Dahshur/AllPyramids (932 words)

	Dashur, Cradle of the Pyramids -- Topography and Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The shift from Step Pyramid to true pyramid represents a shift in ideology, turning from a royal tomb that represented a staircase to the stars to a monument that was both a solar symbol and a reference to the primeval mound from which all life had supposedly sprung.
		The first pyramid was built in the Southwestern corner of the Dashur area, to the Northwest of a like and at quite some distance into the desert.
		The Middle Kingdom pyramids at Dashur were built closer to the edge of fertile land.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /topography/dashur/topography.html (621 words)

	Egypt: The Bent Pyramid of Snefru at Dahshur
		The Bent Pyramid was probably either the first or second of Snefru's pyramids, depending on who built the Medium Pyramid.
		Modern archaeological studies of the Bent Pyramid began under the direction of Ahmad Fakhry in the first half of the 1950s, and his information was added to by important observations and measurements made by Maragioglo and Rinaldi, as well as Josef Dorner, an Austrian geodesist.
		The Bent Pyramid valley temple is rectangular and north-south oriented.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/snefrubentp.htm (2184 words)

	World Mysteries - Mystic Places, The Red Pyramid of Snofru at Dashur
		Interestingly, during the reign of Pepi I of the 6th Dynasty, this pyramid along with its southern neighbour, the Bent Pyramid, was considered as one estate.
		The broader base and lower slope were intended to better spread the mass of this pyramid and thus avoid the structural problems that had temporarily halted works on the Bent Pyramid.
		The internal structure of this pyramid is a further continuation of the pyramid at Meidum and the Bent Pyramid.
	www.world-mysteries.com /mpl_redpyramid.htm (1286 words)

	Pharaoh Heaven - Egypt \ History \ Pyramids
		It was probably intended to be a fairly small pyramid, with a slope angle of about 60 degrees, but the builders encountered structural problems and had to put another layer around the base, this time with an angle of about 55 degrees.
		Inside, the Bent Pyramid is the only one to have 2 different entrances leading to 2 different and (initially) separate chambers.
		It is the first instance of a non-step pyramid (the Meydum pyramid was converted from a step pyramid right at the end of Snefru’s reign), and it clearly show the problems builders faced when constructing such an edifice.
	pharaoh.heavengames.com /egypt/history/pyramids/snefrupyramids.shtml (530 words)

	Pyramids
		The earlier of the two is called the Bent Pyramid because the angle of its sides was lowered due to structural problems halfway through construction.
		Pyramids were erected by the ancient Mesoamerican cultures of the Maya, Toltecs and Aztecs, and they are found in many areas of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
		This is the Castillo, a temple pyramid consecrated to Kukulcan, a deity of the Mayan pantheon.
	stp.ling.uu.se /~viktorah/pyramids.html (856 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Egyptian Pyramid
		Pyramids did not stand alone but were part of a group of buildings which included temples, chapels, other tombs, and massive walls.
		Knowledge of astronomy was necessary to orient the pyramids to the cardinal points, and water-filled trenches probably were used to level the perimeter.
		As it became clear that the pyramids did not provide protection for the mummified bodies of the kings but were obvious targets for grave robbers, later kings were buried in hidden tombs cut into rock cliffs.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmnh/pyramid.htm (1103 words)

	Dahshur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To the immediate east of the Bent Pyramid is the 12th dynasty mudbrick pyramid of Amememhet II, called by the locals "The Black Pyramid", because of its dark appearance.
		The 12th dynasty mudbrick pyramid of Senwosret III is located a few hundred meters on the right to the road that leads to the Red Pyramid.
		To the south of the Red Pyramid is the 12th dynasty pyramid of Amememhet II and the Central Dashur Pyramid.
	egyptphoto.ncf.ca /Dahshur.htm (388 words)

	ERNEST MOYER
		Except for the bent pyramid west passage all slope downward linearly from the entrance until they reach the level on which they terminate, leading to or at a chamber near the center of the respective pyramids.
		The sum of the two angles of the Bent west passage slopes is the same as the exterior angle of the Bent frustum at 7/5.
		In this case the sum of the Bent pyramid west passage angles appear to reflect the pyramid frustum exterior slope.
	www.gizapyramid.com /ernest_moyer3.htm (2895 words)

	The pyramids of dahshour
		He started with the southern Pyramid, or what we call today the bent pyramid, at first they did a mistake with this one, the ancnet did not realise such mistake but when the height of this building reached about 48 m.
		The original entrance of the pyramid is on the northern face as usual, but Professor Ahmed Fhakhry during his works in the area in 1951, he discovered another entrance on its western side.
		Actually it was the first success in history of mankind to build a complete pyramid, and that was the example of all the pyramids which appeared during the IV, V, and VI dynasties.
	completegypt.com /dahshour.html (612 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Bent Pyramid, Dashur
		The Bent Pyramid, constructed in Egypt during the reign of King Sneferu (2575 bc-2551 bc), was constructed in two stages.
		In the first stage, the architects built the walls at an angle of 55 degrees.
		The pyramid’s unusual shape gave it its name.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461544629/Bent_Pyramid_Dashur.html (63 words)

	Dahshur
		Sneferu's construction of two pyramids at Dahshur (as well as completing his father's pyramid at Medium) would have necessitated an amount of materials and labor outstripping even the efforts involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid.
		These two pyramids were possibly the first such tombs to be designed from the outset as true pyramids rather than step pyramids.
		Nevertheless, it is still the fourth largest pyramid, after that of Khufu, the nearby Red Pyramid, and the pyramid of Khafre.
	www.grisel.net /dahshur.htm (413 words)

	ERNEST MOYER
		The step pyramid at Saqqara, and the Meidum pyramid appear to be evolutionary projects approaching the size of the large four, but all other pyramids are puny in comparison.
		The North pyramid at Daschur is the Flat; the South pyramid is the Bent.
		Therefore the height of the Bent frustum is exactly 1/3 of the height of Giza 1, while the base of the frustum is exactly 1/3 the height of the Flat.
	www.gizapyramid.com /ernest_moyer2.htm (2477 words)

	The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur - Explore the Interior Passages and Chambers - Guardian's Egypt
		The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur - Explore the Interior Passages and Chambers - Guardian's Egypt
		The interior of the Bent pyramid is largely unpublished and there are no color pictures easily available to visit it.
		The Bent Pyramid is the only known pyramid from the Old Kingdom to have two separate entrances on two different faces.
	www.guardians.net /egypt/cyberjourney/dahshur/bentpyramid/bent_pyramid_interior.htm (843 words)

	Dashur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first pyramid built by King Sneferu at Dashur is the Bent Pyramid.
		This pyramid received its name because the lower portion of the structure has a slope of 54 degrees, but the upper portion has a slope of 43 degrees.
		Here a corner of the Bent Pyramid shows the years of plundering of its fine limestone casing stones for use in the building of other pyramids.
	www.egyptinteractive.com /EgyptTour/Dashur.htm (142 words)

	Photos of the Bent Pyramid of Dahshour photos - Pictures of the bent pyramid of dahshour pictures
		Snefru had the Bent pyramid built as a safe place to rest after he passed on to the other side.
		The pyramid was finally abandoned after 20 years of construction as it was not safe.
		The pyramid itself is in a military controlled area, and is therefore not accessible without military authorization.
	www.ehabweb.net /bent.html (329 words)

	Dashur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid (which can be seen from Saqquara, and which are near the same age as the Step Pyramid - ca.
		The Bent pyramid had been started at 52 degrees of elevation, then changed to 43, so it looks a bit off-kilter.
		The Red Pyramid is in my mind the most beautiful of all, and it's possible to go down within it on a safe ramp.
	www.briegull.com /egypt/dashur.htm (214 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The bent Pyramid at Dahshur would have surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid had it been completed as designed, but the foundations could not support the weight and the plans had to be changed.
		The lesson of the Bent Pyramid also encouraged them to construct the pyramid with stones laid in level, rather than inclined, courses at the similarly modest angle of 43 degrees to a not insubstantial height of 104 m (341 ft), making it the fourth highest pyramid ever built.
		To complete such a pyramid in 17 years is an even more impressive feat when one considers that at the same time Snefru was hedging his bets by filling in the steps of the pyramid at Meidum, transforming it too into a geometric pyramid, a shape for which he and his architects deserve full credit.
	www.fathom.com /feature/190171 (1967 words)

	Bent Pyramid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This one at Dashur was his second pyramid, and his first attempt at a geometrically true pyramid.
		Apparently the structure began to crack during construction, and to prevent collapse the design was changed, resulting in the bent shape.
		Sneferu finally got it right on his third and final attempt, the North Pyramid.
	www.davidk.net /portfolio/photographs/egypt/bent_pyramid.html (85 words)

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		Djoser's Step Pyramid is 204 feet high and was the largest known manmade structure of its time.
		Pyramids are not the only large stone structures built by early Egyptians.
		Pyramids were the centerpieces for large building complexes of tombs and temples for worshipping their gods.
	www.seaworld.org /fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/pyramid-power.htm (167 words)

	PyramidTexts
		In effect, the Pyramid Texts boldly assert on this wall that all Pure Pyramid construction has been performed, only when Polaris is the Polestar, but this only happens once at the Beginning of each 26,000 years in windows of several centuries.
		Pyramids from those of Seneferu and Khufu through Nefer-ka-Ro (Pepi II) reveals that they are breathtakingly older than the hopelessly unreliable age suppositions and phantasies of the Egyptologists.
		Most of the Pyramid Texts are actually sculpted in the forty rectangular walls and twenty triangular gables inside of these ten sadly neglected megaglyphs, wherever they have survived the passage of four thousand years.
	www.pyramidtexts.com (2027 words)

	The Fourth Dynasty
		It is ironic indeed that for all the magnificence of his pyramid, his funeral boat, and the wonders of the funerary furnishings that were discovered belonging to his mother, Queen Hetepheres, wife to Sneferu, the only portrait we have of Khufu is a tiny 3-inch high statue sculpted in ivory.
		The pyramid is remarkable because it is the only pyramid in Dynasty IV that was cased in 16 layers of granite, Menkaure planned to cover the surface with granite but he could not because of his sudden death.
		At the pyramid's entrance, there is an inscription records that Menkaure died on the twenty-third day of the fourth month of the summer and that he built the pyramid.
	www.crystalinks.com /fourthdynasty.html (3277 words)

	Dahshur: The Bent pyramid's satellite
		The satellite pyramid of the Bent Pyramid rose 32 metres high, but thanks to height of 105 metres of the Bent one, it appears very small.
		The purpose of a satellite pyramid was to shelter the ka of the pharaoh.
		Remains of two stelas on the eastern side of the satellite pyramid.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/dahshur04.htm (68 words)

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