Khufu had selected it, in part, to distance himself from the magnificent pyramids built by his father, Snefru, in Dahshur, another necropolis near Memphis. Several other factors also made it an ...

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. But the pyramid was being built on soft ...

Few casing stones survive on the Great Pyramid itself. In 1303 AD ... who was later deified as a god of wisdom - and of King Snefru, who commissioned the first true pyramid.