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Wikipedia: The Bent Pyramid, located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, of Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu, is a unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, about 2596 BCE. This was the second pyramid built by Sneferu. The lower part of the pyramid rises from the desert at a 55-degree inclination, but the top section is built at the shallower angle of 43 degrees, lending the pyramid its very obvious "bent" appearance.
![[Wooden bars in the pyramid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wooden_bars_in_the_Bent_Pyramid_s.jpg "Wooden bars in the pyramid")
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![[The 12 degree change in angle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bent_Pyramid_angle_s.jpg "The 12 degree change in angle")
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![[Sneferu's Bent Pyramid in Dahshur]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Snefru_27s_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_2_s.jpg "Sneferu's Bent Pyramid in Dahshur")
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![[Entrance to the Bent Pyramid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Entrance_of_Snofrus_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_s.jpg "Entrance to the Bent Pyramid")
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![[View towards the horizon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_from_Snofrus_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_s.jpg "View towards the horizon")
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![[View towards the horizon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_from_Snofru_27s_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_s.jpg "View towards the horizon")
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![[Stairways inside the pyramid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Inside_Snofrus_Bent_Pyramid_282_29_s.jpg "Stairways inside the pyramid")
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![[Entrance to the Bent Pyramid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Entrance_of_Snofru_27s_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_s.jpg "Entrance to the Bent Pyramid")
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![[View of the outer door inside the pyramid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_of_the_outer_door_at_the_Bent_Pyramid_in_Dahshur_s.jpg "View of the outer door inside the pyramid")
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