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Bent Pyramid

Bent Pyramid


An example of early pyramid building. The reason why it appears to be "bent" is that the builders were afraid that it might collapse if they continued at the same angle, so they lowered it, thus reducing the load.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_Pyramid
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22 months ago grecodan   +4
Also the only large pyramid that still retains a significant amount of its outer casing stones.
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