Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu.
- Tourist attraction
- …stands 101 metres (332 feet) tall
- …has a pyramidal roof
- Description: ancient tomb in Egypt
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Pyramid and Black Pyramid.
Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the… Red Pyramid is situated 2 km north of Bent Pyramid.
Black Pyramid
Tomb
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The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the late Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Black Pyramid is situated 1½ km east of Bent Pyramid.
White Pyramid
Ruins
The White Pyramid of Amenemhat II is located in the… White Pyramid is situated 2 km northeast of Bent Pyramid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dahshur and Saqqara.
Mit Rahinah
Village
Mit Rahinah is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Bent Pyramid.
Bent Pyramid
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Latitude
29.79024° or 29° 47′ 25″ north
Longitude
31.20947° or 31° 12′ 34″ east
Open location code
7GXHQ6R5+3Q
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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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