Bent Pyramid
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Bent Pyramid

Partway up, the Bent Pyramid changes angle: about 54–55° below, 43° above roughly 47 m.

The ministry says instability forced the bend, yet no deformation has been found. How could a precaution and a failure be told apart in the stone?

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