Bent Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of , approximately 40 kilometres south of , built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Pyramid and Black Pyramid.

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The , also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. It is the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of and at . is situated 2 km north of Bent Pyramid.

Tomb
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The was built by King Amenemhat III during the late Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original 11 pyramids at in . is situated 1½ km east of Bent Pyramid.

Ruins
The of Amenemhat II is located in the pyramid field at , , and is now nothing more than a pile of rubble, having been heavily quarried for stone. is situated 2 km northeast of Bent Pyramid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dahshur and Saqqara.

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is an archaeological locality some 10 km to the south of and therefore 35 km south of the Egyptian capital . Travellers from Cairo will often combine a visit to with a visit to Saqqara on the same day.

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is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Bent Pyramid.

Bent Pyramid

Latitude
29.79024° or 29° 47′ 25″ north
Longitude
31.20947° or 31° 12′ 34″ east
Height
101 metres (332 feet)
Roof shape
pyramidal
Open location code
7GXHQ6R5+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39918834
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q459608
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bent Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم سنفرو المائل”
  • Arabic: “هرم سنفرو”
  • Basque: “Piramide Makurra”
  • Basque: “Piramide Ukondotua”
  • Belarusian: “Ламаная піраміда”
  • Bengali: “বেন্ট পিরামিড”
  • Bulgarian: “Преходна пирамида”
  • Catalan: “piràmide encorbada”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide encorbada”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide romboïdal”
  • Chinese: “弯曲形金字塔”
  • Chinese: “彎曲金字塔”
  • Chinese: “曲折金字塔”
  • Croatian: “Savijena piramida”
  • Czech: “Lomená pyramida”
  • Dutch: “Knikpiramide van Snofroe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم سنفرو المائل”
  • Finnish: “Taitettu pyramidi”
  • French: “Pyramide rhomboidale”
  • French: “Pyramide rhomboïdale”
  • Galician: “Pirámide curvada”
  • German: “Knick-Pyramide”
  • German: “Knickpyramide”
  • Greek: “Ρομβοειδής Πυραμίδα”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה הנטויה”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת בנט”
  • Hindi: “बेंट पिरामिड”
  • Hungarian: “Tört falú piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida bengkok”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Bengkok”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Bent”
  • Irish: “Pirimid lúbtha”
  • Italian: “complesso piramidale meridionale di Snefru”
  • Italian: “piramide romboidale”
  • Italian: “Piramide romboidale”
  • Italian: “Piramide Romboidale”
  • Japanese: “屈折ピラミッド”
  • Lithuanian: “Lenktoji piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Свиткана пирамида”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den bøyde pyramide”
  • Norwegian: “Den bøyde pyramide”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Piramida romboïdala”
  • Persian: “هرم خمیده”
  • Polish: “Łamana Piramida Snofru”
  • Polish: “Piramida Łamana”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide Curvada”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide Romboidal”
  • Russian: “Ломаная пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Kosodĺžniková pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Lomená pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Pyramída s dvoma svahmi”
  • Slovak: “Romboidná pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Zalomená pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Upognjena piramida”
  • Slovenian: “Zlomljena piramida”
  • Spanish: “Piramide Acodada”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Acodada”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Romboidal”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide sur de Dahshur”
  • Swedish: “Böjda pyramiden”
  • Swedish: “Den böjda pyramiden”
  • Tamil: “வளைந்த பிரமிடு”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดโค้งงอ”
  • Turkish: “Eğik Piramit”
  • Ukrainian: “Ламана піраміда”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Снофру”
  • Urdu: “ہرم سنفرو”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Bent”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Cong”

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