About Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid of Senefru is one of the three pyramids built by Senefru. It was called an inclined pyramid since he started building the pyramid to rise at an angle of 58 degrees. When the pyramid’s building reached almost half its height, it was decided to make the top at an angle of 43 degrees. This technique helped build a complete pyramid with a new technology in Meidum called the Red Pyramid.
The Bent Pyramid is one of the famous pyramids in Egypt and one of three pyramids by King Snefru. It is called the bent pyramid, as the ancient Egyptians began to build the pyramid to rise at an angle of 58 degrees, and when the pyramid construction reached almost half its height, it was decided to make the top at an angle. 43 degrees. Degrees. This technique has benefited Snefru and his engineers by making a complete pyramid with a new method in Dahshur called the Red Pyramid. You can visit the two pyramids in Dahshur as one of the best things to do in Cairo.
It took 14 years to build the Bent Pyramid, and it seemed that Senefru did not like the shape, so he decided to make the Red Pyramid based on the experience his engineers had gained from building the Bent Pyramid. He chose the place to bury his pyramid, about 2 km north of the Bent Pyramid in the city of Dahshur.
The pyramid was built with stones with inclined angles to the ground, estimated at 59 degrees. It is probable that with the construction of the building in this way, the structure began to sink due to loads of stone. In addition, the large corner causes a steep rise in the pyramid, making it challenging to complete and build the top of it. To remedy this problem, the engineers constructed reinforcing walls, which made the 55-degree slope for the unfinished construction.
They then completed the structure with a curved angle of 43 degrees, which caused it to be called the Bent Pyramid. With this, he discovered the technique of building complete pyramids by laying horizontal floors of stones. Each square layer of gravel is topped with a lower layer in the area as long as the inclination angle is 52 degrees instead of building at a 55 or 43-degree angle, as was the case with this curved pyramid. This shape became the complete shape of the pyramid as we know it Today.
Snefru took advantage of the new technique to build his giant pyramid and called it the “North Pyramid,” Today, we call it the Red Pyramid. The Red Pyramid is located about 1.8 km north of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur.
Based on the construction technique of the Red Pyramid of Snefru, the pyramids were built in Giza. Khufu, son of Snefru, built the Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau and reached a height of 157 meters; then, his son Khafra followed him and made his pyramid next to his father’s pyramid. It was less tall than his father’s than your son. he came and built the third (small) pyramid, and all three pyramids are in Giza. And those pyramids were tombs for them.
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