The Pyramids Of Egypt

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Name	Comments	Dates
Sneferu	Fourth Dynasty / Red Pyramid / Bent Pyramid	2613-2589 BCE
Senwosret III	Twelfth Dynasty	1878-1860 BCE
Amenemhet II	Twelfth Dynasty "White" pyramid	1929-1895 BCE
Amenemhet III	Twelfth Dynasty "Black" pyramid	1860-1815 BCE

Dahshur Pyramid of Snefru (Red Pyramid) Description :
The Pyramids at Dahshur appears in the form of strange and lookin hill or a pile of rubble . Dahshour is one of the most important cemeteries, which belonged to the vast necropolis of the great Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. This area contains Pyramids of the IV and the XII Dynasties. There will find the Pyramid of Amenemhat II, and the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, called the Black Pyramid who ruled from 1855-1808 BC during the Middle Kingdom period. Although it might look like a total wreck, the Black Pyramid is one of only three of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur which are still standing, and the interior passageways and chambers of the Black Pyramid are almost entirely intact.

Dahshur containing of five pyramids, two of them for king Senefro (fourth Dynasty), and the other three for the Pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom, and the cemeteries of the era of the Old and Middle Kingdom (of the 12th Dynasty (c. 1991-c. 1786)

The Pharaoh great King Snefru (2680-2656 B.C), the founder of the IV Dynasty, father of Khufu of the Old Kingdom, built two large pyramids at Dahshur. He was the first one to choose the area to build his royal tomb, as it was close to the capital, Memphis. The first pyramid, known as the ‘Bent Pyramid’, is situated to the south of the necropolis while his second monument at Dahshur and known as the ‘North’ or ‘Red Pyramid’ The two large and prominently situated pyramids built of limestone rear up on the desert plateau at some distance from the Nile Valley, and near the edge of the desert stand two pyramids built of black bricks made from Nile mud (El-Ahram el-Sud, the "Black Pyramids") and a smaller stone-built pyramid with a brick core, now much weathered.

Dahshur pyramid, the unusual shape of the Bent Pyramid is unique, and represents a transitional pyramid form believed to have been the result of an engineering crisis encountered during its construction. The Red Pyramid is the world's first true smooth-sided pyramid.The Red Pyramid is much more what people expect when they hear the word "pyramid". Although this is only the second true pyramid which was ever built, it comes close to achieving the ideal of the pyramid builders' art. It gives away very little to efforts by later generations, and it's still the third tallest pyramid ever built, behind the two largest at Giza. The length of each side of the Red Pyramid is 220m and its original height was 104m.

The Pyramids of Dahshour take a great part of the history of Ancient Egypt. Although this area is not a major tourist site, like the Giza Plateau, But tells us about the ancient Egyptian history great and glorious

The Pharaohs of Dahshur