Rhomboidal Pyramid

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The Rhomboidal Pyramid, better known as the Bent Pyramid, is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur notable for its unusual change in angle partway up its sides, giving it a distinctive bent profile.

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Rhomboidal Pyramid canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian pyramid ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bent Pyramid ⓘ
Southern Shining Pyramid ⓘ
architecturalStyle true pyramid ⓘ
baseLength about 188 meters ⓘ
builder Sneferu ⓘ
linked to: Pharaoh Sneferu
builtFor Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ
constructionStart circa 2600 BCE ⓘ
coordinateLocation 29.7933°N 31.2053°E ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
dynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy Ahmed Fakhry ⓘ
function royal tomb ⓘ
hasChamber lower burial chamber ⓘ
upper burial chamber ⓘ
hasEntrance north entrance ⓘ
west entrance ⓘ
hasFeature corbelled ceilings in internal chambers ⓘ
internal passageways connecting chambers ⓘ
hasShape four-sided pyramid with broken slope ⓘ
hasSubstructure causeway ⓘ
satellite pyramid ⓘ
valley temple (largely destroyed) ⓘ
height about 101 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" ⓘ
locatedIn Dahshur ⓘ
linked to: Dahshur necropolis

Giza Governorate ⓘ
Memphis necropolis ⓘ
Western Desert edge of the Nile Valley ⓘ
lowerSlopeAngle about 54 degrees ⓘ
materialUsed Tura limestone casing ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
nearby Black Pyramid ⓘ
Red Pyramid ⓘ
notableFeature bent profile ⓘ
change in inclination angle partway up its sides ⓘ
well-preserved outer casing stones ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Dahshur pyramid field ⓘ
linked to: Dahshur necropolis
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surveyedBy John Shae Perring ⓘ
Karl Richard Lepsius ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 86 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
upperSlopeAngle about 43 degrees ⓘ
volume approximately 1.2 million cubic meters ⓘ

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Bent Pyramid → alsoKnownAs → Rhomboidal Pyramid ⓘ