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Snefru

[ snef-roo ]

noun

  1. flourished c2920 b.c., Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.


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The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was built for pharaoh Snefru about 2,600BC, and was originally designed as a "true" pyramid with the steep 54-degree angle.

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On display alongside it will be some of Charles Piazzi Smyth's measuring equipment and statues of Imhotep - the inventor of the pyramid who was later deified as a god of wisdom - and of King Snefru, who commissioned the first true pyramid.

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Hetepheres and Snefru’s son Khufu, in his turn, ordered up the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The pharaoh Snefru, the greatest of all pyramid builders, married his half sister Hetepheres, whose name means “she whose every command is carried out.”

By studying particle accumulations, scientists may learn more about the construction of the pyramid, which was built by the Pharaoh Snefru.

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