The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was built for Pharaoh Sneferu around 2600 BCE, and the article names no architect. It marks the transition from step pyramids to smooth-sided ones. The lower section rises at 54 degrees 27 minutes and the upper at 43 degrees 22 minutes. The article says Sneferu built both three and four pyramids.
The infobox gives a height of 104.71 meters (344 feet), though a records box says 101 meters and the text about 105 meters. The base is 189.43 meters (621 feet). The casing of fine Tura limestone remains largely intact, and a study says it was bonded with an artificial calcium-silicate binder.
It has two separate chamber systems, with entrances on the north and west faces. A satellite pyramid stands 55 meters (180 feet) south. The pyramid opened to tourists in July 2019, the first time since 1965. The article gives conflicting satellite heights of 18 and 26 meters.
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