Bent Pyramid of Sneferu
Why does this pyramid change its angle partway up — steep near the base, then suddenly shallower — and what does that visible 'correction,' frozen in stone, tell us about how the Egyptians learned to build a true pyramid?
c. 2600 BCE (Fourth Dynasty, reign of Sneferu) · Dahshur, Giza Governorate, EgyptAdded July 2026