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The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom King Sneferu. A unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, this was the second of four pyramids built by Sneferu.
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The pyramid at Meidum is thought to be just the second pyramid of four built by Sneferu after Djoser's [3] and may have been originally built for Huni, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, and continued by Sneferu. Because of its unusual appearance, the pyramid is called el-heram el-kaddaab (false pyramid) in Egyptian Arabic.
Egypt opened to visitors on Saturday the "Bent" Pyramid built for pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-metre structure just south of Cairo that marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction.
Detail of a relief showing Sneferu wearing the white robe of the Sed-festival, from his funerary temple of Dahshur and now on display at the Egyptian Museum. The 24-year Turin Canon figure for Sneferu's reign is considered today to be an underestimate since this king's highest-known date is an inscription discovered at the Red Pyramid of Dahshur and mentioning Sneferu's 24th cattle count ...
Iynefer [1] (i(i)-nfr, [2] “the beautiful/good one has come”) was a Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian prince, a son of Pharaoh Sneferu. [3] [4] [5] He was thus a brother of Nefertkau I [6] and Khufu [7] [8] and his title was “King’s Son”. Iynefer had a tomb in Dahshur, and parts of the tomb are now located in the Egyptian Museum.
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Ankhhaf was likely a son of the pharaoh Sneferu and an unknown wife. [2] Ankhhaf's tomb in Giza (G 7510) depicts his sister-wife Princess Hetepheres.Hetepheres is thought to have been the eldest daughter of Sneferu and Queen Hetepheres I and thus Ankhhaf's half-sister. [3]