Red Pyramid of Dahshur, in Egypt
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Red Pyramid

After his Bent Pyramid's slope was cut from 55 to 43 degrees, Sneferu built the Red Pyramid.

History The Red Pyramid was the third pyramid built by Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu,…

Sneferu's builders cut the Bent Pyramid's slope, then started again. What did the builders learn?

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Photo: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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