Bent Pyramid, 6th of October, Giza, Egypt
Dahshur — the angle changes halfway up.
Sneferu's pyramid begins at 54 degrees and shifts to 43 partway up, almost certainly because the steeper slope showed signs of instability while building. It is the best-preserved of the early pyramids, retaining most of its original limestone casing, and it is the transitional object between the stepped pyramids of Saqqara and the true pyramids at Giza — the moment the design was corrected mid-build.
- Frame
- _DSC5957.jpg
- Date taken
- 2026-02-16 11:23:02
- Camera
- Sony ILCE-7RM4
- Lens
- FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
- Focal
- 38mm
- Aperture
- f/6.3
- Shutter
- 1/400
- ISO
- 100
- Exposure
- Program AE
- Metering
- Multi-segment
- Flash
- Off, Did not fire
- White balance
- Auto
- Colour
- sRGB
- Place
- 6th of October, Giza, Egypt
- GPS
- 29.79130, 31.20913
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