- The Bent Pyramid in Egypt is one of the world's most enigmatic ancient structures. Scientifict investigation aims to answer the question - was it intended to look so strange, or did something go terribly wrong?
- Cheops' father Sneferu, one of the longest-reigning and mightiest Pharoahs ever, ordered the building of three pyramids on a site not far from Gizeh, puzzling archaeology and architecture. The bent pyramid, which changes angle drastically in the middle, was built partially at the same time as a second one, yet neither contains his tomb. They elaborated the 'mastaba' model of earlier pyramids, filling in the 'gaps' between superposed stories and adding a shiny but heavy marble slope. Apparently this novelty incurred stability crises as the engineering wasn't calculated strong enough to resist building-up pressures, hence the project has to be aborted, lessons being learned. Even the first was nevertheless completed, as part of a necropolis project including an impressive temple to venerate the late king-god. An even more memorable legacy was that the vast efforts required to mobilize materials, work force and infrastructure at immense expense required setting up large construction settlements, considered the nuclei of the first 'true' cities in Egypt, which also had to be organized into a less embryonic state, by the ruler who unified the previous petty principalities.—KGF Vissers
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