Bent Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Dahshūr (Upper Egypt, Egypt)	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Meidum (Upper Egypt, Egypt)	en_US
dc.creator	unknown (Egyptian (ancient))	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2007-09-05T20:12:54Z
dc.date.available	2007-09-05T20:12:54Z
dc.identifier	112610	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/21094	en_US
dc.description	The oldest pyramid is that of King Sneferu (reg c. 2575–c. 2551 bc), which is the first to have been designed from the start as a true pyramid. The angle of its sides was decreased halfway up, giving it a rhomboidal appearance, hence its name of Bent Pyramid. Inside the pyramid is a complicated system of corridors and portcullises, and some inner chambers have high, corbelled ceilings. Reliefs in the pyramid’s valley temple depict processions of female figures representing Sneferu’s estates throughout the country. The pyramid is still in very good condition, retaining most of its outer casing.	en_US
dc.description	diagram, drawing comparing angles and sekeds in the Pyramids of Snefru: Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid, and Meidum Pyramid	en_US
dc.format.extent	height: 105 m, height: 344 feet	en_US
dc.format.extent	height: 90 m, circumference: 144.5 m	en_US
dc.format.extent	height: 104 m	en_US
dc.format.medium	limestone	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	125021	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	131135	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	126720	en_US
dc.subject	Deserts	en_US
dc.subject	Royalty	en_US
dc.subject	Egypt --Antiquities	en_US
dc.subject	Necropolises	en_US
dc.subject	Sahara	en_US
dc.subject	Religious architecture	en_US
dc.subject	Sepulchral monuments	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Ancient --Egypt	en_US
dc.subject	Sneferu, King of Egypt	en_US
dc.subject	Pyramids --Egypt	en_US
dc.subject	Meidum Pyramid (Egypt)	en_US
dc.subject	Slope (mathematics)	en_US
dc.subject	Angles (mathematics)	en_US
dc.subject	Geometry	en_US
dc.subject	Mathematics	en_US
dc.subject	Angles (mathematics)	en_US
dc.title	Bent Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Meidum Pyramid	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Maidum Pyramid	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Maydum Pyramid	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Red Pyramid	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Egyptian (ancient)	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.worktype	Pyramid (tomb)	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Egyptian (ancient))	en_US